Decorated in a Caribbean style, this bar features live acts in the form of
DJs, MCs, bands, dancers and solo
artists, with a selection of electronic, hip
hop, disco and rock music played in between.
22, No. 1, pp. 54 - 56 Passariello, Micol, Gangsta E Gentiluomo, L'espresso, 17 July, p. 158 Fels, Sophie, Paint it Black, Time Out New York, 10 - 16 July Jackson, Brian Keith, Native Son, Giant Magazine, June / July What's Up, The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine, Summer, pp. 2 - 5 + cover Evans, Ali, A Portrait of an
Artist by an
Artist, Studio: The Studio Museum in Harlem Magazine, Spring Fortune, Brandon, Brame, Frank H. Goodyear III and Jobyl A. Boone, Recognize: Hip
Hop and Contemporary Portraiture, Washington D.C., Smithsonian Institute Claiborne, Barron, Black is Beautiful, Paper Magazine, March Fortune, Brandon, Hip
Hop Baroque, Art World, February / March, p. 20 Bentley, Kyle, Previews: Kehinde Wiley, Studio Museum in Harlem, Artforum, May, p. 161 The Associated Press, Portrait Gallery Opens First Hip -
Hop exhibit with LL Cool J, Ice - T, International Herald Tribune, 8 February Stoilas, Helen, Toppling the Ivory Tower, The Art Newspaper, 7 February Jankauskas, Jennifer, Greg Tate and Paul Miller (
DJ Spooky), Kehinde Wiley: The World Stage - China, Sheboygan: The John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Los Angeles: Roberts & Tilton, Chicago: Rhona Hoffman Gallery, New York, Deitch Project
By forming Biters and referencing the image of a
DJ and MC from a rap crew, the two
artists acknowledge the debt their practices hold to hip -
hop culture and its relationship with art and appropriation; the reconfiguring of prefabricated objects, a logo or symbol becoming a mark of tribal affinity, an audio source and / or drum break that paints the environment to an entire song.