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 The culturally infused sculptures and paintings of artist BAST are deeply rooted in the elements of hip-hop. The artist explores the energy of graffiti and the surfaces of dilapidated and weathered signage, often depicting devious cartoon characters parading around with guns. Some of the artist's personified characters are exaggerated to humorously reflect the stereotypes associated with hip-hop culture. Bast's work is gritty, ghetto, and fit with a twisted humor. In a recent exhibition with New Image Art Gallery in Hollywood, California the artist presented a collection of "hunting monsters," which mixed Hollywood monster characters like the Wolfman and Creature from the Black Lagoon with modern urban characters like Flava Flav and Biz Markie. Posted by Seth Curcio at September 24, 2007 12:00 AM | Permalink | E-mail This | |||
Join the discussion:If you ask me it looks kind of iffy to use a pig and a gorilla in the personification of hip-hop culture. It just ---------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: Jessie | September 24, 2007 09:07 PM It is a stereotype that has been culturally infused, maybe Bast is trying to explore those stereotypes or break them down. ---------------------------------------------------------- Posted by: Anonymous | September 24, 2007 11:02 PM |
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