Fab 5 Freddy on His New Art Show and Avoiding '80s New York Nostalgia

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From Paper Mag:

When he's not kicking back with hip-hop royalty, chilling in his Harlem brownstone, having dinner with David LaChapelle or managing one of his numerous side-ventures -- most recently as a curatorial advisor to Jeffrey Deitch on MoCA's monumental "Art in the Streets" exhibition -- Fred "Fab 5 Freddy" Brathwaite can be found painting in a Brooklyn studio he shares with his old running buddy and fellow graffiti artist Lenny McGurr, a/k/a Futura 2000. After putting art on hiatus for a number of years to launch "Yo! MTV Raps," direct videos and maintain his status as playa par excellence, Brathwaite is back with "New York: New Work," a solo exhibition that will be on view at Gallery 151 (350 Bowery) through July 1.

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