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B-Girl Be: A Celebration of Women in Hip Hop

Exhibition: June 21 - September 1, 2007
Summit: June 28 - July 1, 2007

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B-Girl Be 2007 Visual Art Exhibition:

THE ART OF T&A...TRUTH AND ACTIVISM

  

June 21-September 1, 2007
Opening Night Reception, June 28, 2007, 6:00-9:00 p.m.

"The title of this show was born out of the contradictions reflected in today's pre-packaged Hip Hop culture. The commonly understood definition of what is bought and sold in commercial rap. It is a reflection of the broader consumer society that makes an art of the hyper-sexualization of women. This year's B-Girl Be exhibition will expose and explore these relationships."
- DeAnna Cummings, B-Girl Be Exhibition Curator

The Art of T&A...Truth and Activism showcases 28 female artists from around the world who use their visual voice to empower, inform and organize. These women are employing Hip Hop culture as a means ofexpression, connection, education and social and political activism
globally. This group exhibition will include work in video, photography, painting, sculpture, film, and textiles.

National artists Lady Pink (New York) and Joy E. A. Spika (Chicago) produce painting installations in the main gallery.Other artists whose work is featured in The Art of T&A...Truth and Activism, are: Laylah Amatullah Barrayn (New York), B Fresh (Minneapolis), B-Girl Yoda (Kahuku, Hawaii), Keina Davis Elswick (San Francisco), Erotica 67 (New York), Faith47 (Capetown, South Africa), Krista Franklin (Chicago), Gitana (Puerto Rico), Julie Graves (Minneapolis), INDIE 184 (New York), Indigo (Minneapolis), Monica R. Kelly (Savannah, Georgia), Lauri Lyons (New York), Diana McClure (NewYork), Alice Mizrachi (New York), motel7 (Capetown, South Africa), Niz (Florida), Jill Rothenberger (Minneapolis), Rukus (Minneapolis), smirk (Gallen, Switzerland), Stef Skills (Chicago), Noelle Theard (North Miami), Toofly (New York), Sarah White (Minneapolis), and Keegan Xavi (Los Angeles).

Artwork featured above on this page:
- Accidents Do Happen in the Dark [03]
Faith47 - Cape Town, South Africa
- Cedar Riverside Bluebird and Lyons
color photos: Julie Graves - Minneapolis, MN


 

  
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