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Article: RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture Opens Feb. 8 at the National Portrait Gallery
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- January 10, 2008
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To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Bethany Bentley of Smithsonian National Portrait
Gallery, +1-202-633-8293
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- LL Cool J, Erykah
Badu, Common and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five are just a
few of the hip hop artists featured in paintings and photographs in
RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture. The exhibition
opens at the Smithsonians National Portrait Gallery Feb. 8 and
continues through Oct. 26, 2008.
Hip hop, one of the most vibrant and popular musical movements in
America since the 1970s, is featured in this exhibition as a
cultural phenomenon that has had a broad impact on self-expression
and portrayal. The exhibition features ...