Description
In The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse we look at the roots of Southern hip-hop culture and how the aesthetic traditions of the African American South have shaped visual art and musical expression over the last 100 years. While the expression “Dirty South” is codified within the culture of Southern hip-hop music, it encompasses a much broader understanding of the geography, history, and culture of the Black South. We explore the traditions, aesthetics, and exchanges between visual and sonic arts, featuring a multigenerational group of artists working across a wide range of media in more than 130 works that span the entire Contemporary Art Museum of Houston.
