Exhibition
Rashaad NEWSOME: Symbol Status
21 Nov 2014 – 24 Jan 2015
Address
- 8 Bis Rue Jacques Callot
- Paris
Île-de-France - 75006
- France
Rashaad Newsome is recognized by critics with his compositions that bring the expressive pictorial art forms not recognized by the barrel of the arts, including hip-hop, sampling sound, programming, digital tools, as well as Other forms of urban dance.
About
Newsome presents these elements of contemporary culture in traditional settings in the historic flavor, creating works that amaze by unusual juxtapositions. "It really is part of the generation that is pop music is," said Klaus Biesenbach, Director of MoMA PS1. "It puts everything in the blender to make it his own."
Newsome has used the coat of arms as a means of transmitting a symbol of contemporary African-American culture, forging a relationship with the rituals and iconography of European aristocracy. "I want to create abstractions from the trappings of wealth and power signs that have their roots in heraldry, but play with the principles of Baroque plastic".