Current and Upcoming ExhibitionsBlack Box Theater
Iowa Memorial Union
Urban street art is coming to Iowa.
Hip-hop journalist and intellectual Harry Allen captured the street culture of NYC with a camera in the 1980s. This exhibit features 40 of Allen’s photographs that represent the emergence of hip-hop music, culture, and politics. Lady Pink, one of the forerunners in graffiti art, paint-bombed NYC subway trains with such artistry that she became a cult figure in the Graffiti/Hip-hop scene. This exhibit includes a digital show of Lady Pink’s work, along with original hip-hop show flyers, album covers, and memorabilia that capture the history of hip-hop as a musical and cultural movement. Two Turntables and a Microphone is curated by Deborah Whaley, UI assistant professor of American Studies, and Kembrew McLeod, UI associate professor of Communication Studies.
