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EARLY HIP HOP PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION POSTER
Hip Hop Photographs / Fun Gallery. Offset lithograph poster. 585x635 mm, 23x25 inches. 1984.
Founded as a graffiti gallery in 1981 by Patti Astor, the groundbreaking and influential Fun Gallery was provided its name by Kenny Scharf who christened it thus for an exhibition he held there. It was one of the first galleries in downtown New York, cementing the Lower East Side as hip and cutting edge. It helped introduce hip hop, breakdancing and graffiti to the wider world, with Keith Haring, Basquiat, and Fab 5 Freddy all exhibiting there. It closed in 1985. This poster is for the first gallery exhibition of hip hop photographs, curated by Mark Bussell, "presented in conjunction with the release of Hip Hop: The Illustrated History of Break Dancing, Rap Music and Graffiti by Steven Hager, published by St. Martin's Press.
