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Sweet Funk: An Introspective Survey

Dates
23.09.2011 | 08.01.2012
Location
Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York

The Artist

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Heinz Collection Justin Lubke
Sanford Biggers

Sanford Biggers (Los Angeles, 1970) lives and works in New York, US.

Biggers’ practice encompasses a range of mediums including films, installations, video, drawing, sculpture and performance. Through these various mediums, the artist challenges our given relationships to history with its established symbols and beliefs, combining Afro-American traditions and aesthetics with Japanese symbolism, Central European references with contemporary urban experiences and Italian technique with the rhythms of Hip Hop music.