Rain drop, drop top — yes, it is 2017 and we’re repping the Migos.
The current biggest rap act in the U.S. right now — called out by fellow Atlantan Donald Glover during his ‘Best Actor’ acceptance speech at the Golden Globes — are the biggest thing right now, in the overlapping part of the venn diagram that intersects contemporary hip-hop and contemporary culture. Riding the very of-the-moment confluence between social media savvy (their top hit spawning the ‘Rain Drop,
Drop Top’ meme wave) and old-school rap bravado alongside a postmodern/current meta consciousness, amidst a strong organic growth and sound instead of posturing and “audience cross pollination” that is every major label rap release. (Incidentally, their album is called ‘Culture’.) (Basically the John Wick of the rap game? In the sense that Wick is an original cinematic creation and not the PG-13 consumer-tested to death, token-Asian-faces for the Asian market superhero tentpoles that are engineered for middle-of-the-road acceptability, avec generic tragedy and blood and sexlessness.) (Yes they have a song called ‘John Wick’.)
But I digress. I just wanted to use their smash hit as the title of this issue’s column. (And yes, you can read into that all the old, and rather said-to-death problems of how censorship and socially-engineered works of art can hurt — or at least diminish and neuter — the power of art.) According to Genius.com, ““Boujee” is an intentional misspelling of “bougie,” which is slang for bourgeois, and refers to the materialism of society’s middle class.” And the bourgeois, which is most of the people you see on social media on the daily (that includes your artist friends) are living in a weird place right now in 2017, Trump Year One.
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Mix Master
At The Intersection Of Optic Art, Abstract Art And Calligraphy, French Street Artist L’Atlas’ Universal Language Of Lines, Shapes And Letters Allows Him To Cross New Frontiers.
Blue Bayou
Chinese Artist Gao Xiaoyun’s Dream-Like Landscapes In Oil Give A Divergent Take On Traditional Chinese Ink Paintings.
Shadow And Light
Opera Gallery’s Exhibition ‘Shadow Of A Pine Tree’ Shows Some Of The Best Sculptural Works By Korean Contemporary Artists.
Bad And Boujee
Rain drop, drop top — yes, it is 2017 and we’re repping the Migos.
One And All
Look forward to great art and programmes at Singapore’s Spring edition of the Affordable Art Fair 2017.
Hanging In The Balance
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Sneaker Peek
A brief look back at ‘Bazaar Art’, and what we can expect from the newly named ‘Art Jakarta’.
In Good Hands
Anne Samat’s sculptures woven from domestic materials bring attention to the art of weaving and the challenges of being a malaysian woman.
A Sense Of Purpose
ZOE BUTT AND THE FACTORY IN HO CHI MINH CITY.
Britain, Burberry and Moore
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