American multimedia artist Fahamu Pecou explores contemporary notions of blackness through painting, photography, mixed media, video and performance. Pontone Gallery is excited to announce an exhibition of a selection of Pecou's paintings and works on paper, seen for the first time in the UK.
These arresting images are derived from wide-ranging source material taken from the iconography of hip hop, street fashion and ethnographic research. He is particularly interested in investigating and questioning the stereotypes and assumptions that surround the representation of the black, male body.
