The West Chelsea Contemporary is highlighting the work of Cey Adams, a pioneer in hip-hop's creative direction.
The exhibition is an amalgamation of Adams’ 40 year career, and brings together his work with graffiti, street art, graphic design, painting and collage to visual storytelling.
“Combinations revisits early ideas and various styles spanning over 40 years of my art making career," Adams said in a press release on his new exhibit."This current body of work reexamines societal and social structures in America that divide us. The primary goal of my art is to be a bridge that brings people closer together. Over the years, I’ve seen how graffiti, street art and hip-hop have created a unified movement with lasting impact on popular culture.
Adams says he draws inspiration from 60’s pop art, sign painting, comic books and popular culture including hip-hop. He is credited as being an architect of hip-hop’s visual nature through his work as the founding Creative Director of Def Jam Recordings. Adams’ album covers and logo designs inspired a number of notable hip-hop artists, including Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, LL Cool J, Jay-Z, The Notorious B.I.G. and Mary J. Blige.
"The number one message is love, because I've created a lot of works that speak to people coming together, and the easiest way to describe it is sort of thinking about hip-hop itself, it started out locally in New York City, and it's expanded throughout the United States, and obviously throughout the world," said Adams.
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