Rico Gatson talks about his trips to New Orleans and his recent project, “Spirit, Ritual, Myth and Liberation”, that he is currently editing for the Prospect.1 New Orleans Biennial.

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“Rico Gatson aggressively generates cultural memory through the exploration of conceptual symbolism culled from the popular collective to create theories that deal with identity and racial intolerance in mass culture. Working in painting, sculpture, and video, Rico employs the tropes of repetition, accumulation, and wit to shape his social commentary. Through the appropriation and compression of multi-layered symbols, Rico untangles the power of these symbols and illustrates how they function in various public spheres. A graduate of Yale School of Art, Rico’s work has been exhibited at The Studio Museum In Harlem, Exit Art, P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, the Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, the Brooklyn Museum of Art, the New Museum of Contemporary Art, and MIT List Visual Arts Center.” —Erika Dalya (from http://erikadalya.vox.com/library/post/rico-gatson.html)

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