I’m pleased to share an in-depth review of the exhibition See You Space Cowboy...From Hokusai to Hiphop at San Francisco State University Fine Arts Gallery, where several of my paintings are being exhibited through October 26th.

Published on SquareCylinder, Where Hokusai and Hip-Hop Intersect, by arts writer and curator Renny Pritikin, who has played important roles in many Bay Area institutions, describes the exhibition: “in a vivid and urgent cultural development largely overlooked by the art world, the visual styles associated with hip-hop have forged an unbreakable chain of shared cultural references between African-American young people and their contemporaries in Japan and elsewhere in Asia and around the world.”

He describes my mineral pigment paintings and charcoal drawings in this context, and concludes that “by demonstrating how race, class and internationalism intertwine, this exhibition adds further complexity to how we understand the world, celebrating new and hybrid ways culture can be experienced.”

The show is open through the end of the month, and there will be a closing reception on Friday, October 20, 5 to 8 p.m.