Book Talk: Everybody’s Fly with Fab 5 Freddy
Friday, May 8, 6 – 8pm
Free; registration required.
About the Talk
Join us for a captivating talk with pioneering graffiti artist and hip-hop icon Fab 5 Freddy about his new memoir, Everybody’s Fly: A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture.
Everybody’s Fly is a love letter to the art of seeing, a fascinating account of an inimitable creative life, and a celebration of what it means to shape culture. The book shows how Freddy shattered racial and artistic boundaries, bridging worlds and lifting underground movements into the mainstream. Learn more about how the artist witnessed and affected seismic shifts in art, music, and style during the 1970s, ’80s, and ’90s. The conversation will be moderated by Maori Karmael Holmes of BlackStar Projects.
The talk, which takes place in the Annenberg Court, will be followed by an audience Q&A.
Everybody’s Fly: A Life of Art, Music, and Changing the Culture will be available for purchase at the Barnes Shop.
Speakers
Fab 5 Freddy
Fred Brathwaite, aka Fab 5 Freddy, is a pioneering graffiti artist who became one of the first to exhibit his paintings internationally, helping to ignite the street-art movement. He coproduced, appeared in, and composed music for the cult classic film Wild Style; directed music videos for hip-hop stars including Snoop Dogg, Nas, and Queen Latifah; and was the original host of Yo! MTV Raps. Brathwaite lives in Harlem, where he continues to make visual art, produces and directs projects for film and television, and leads the social equity cannabis brand he cofounded, B Noble.
Maori Karmael Holmes
Holmes is the chief executive and artistic officer of BlackStar Projects and the co-curator of Freedom Dreams at the Barnes. She has organized programs at Anthology Film Archives and the Whitney Museum, as well as exhibitions at ICA and Pearlstein Gallery.
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