Frequency features art work by thirty five of the hottest emerging, black artists of 2005! Living and working in the United States and ranging in age from 25 to 42, their inspirations and influences range from hip hop videos and folktales, to baseball stars and Abstract Expressionism, to tattoo design and non-western aesthetics.
Some Frequency artists utilize popular tropes and icons of American culture, re-imagined and refined for new purposes: Xiomara De Oliver’s paintings depicting World War II era pin-up girls and planes explore the interpretations and associations suggested by these icons. Themes present in the exhibition
range from the fantasy and eroticism of William Villalongo’s allegorical painting The Abduction of Bacchus (2005), to the humor, irony, and gender ambiguity of Kalup Linzy’s video installation Da Young and Da Mess (2005), to the urban archaeology practiced by Jina Valentine, who finds abandoned objects and creates outlines from era specific Top 40 album covers upon these found items, thus suggesting the interplay between the material and popular culture.
The Studio Museum in Harlem
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