Louis Cameron: ‘Now Is the Time’

Now Is the Time features several of the large-scale, wall-mounted vinyl text pieces from the ongoing Hip Hop Onomatopoeia series, a body of work that explores the conversation on gun violence within hip hop music. The works are text-based, focused on the emotional resonance of the onomatopoeia of gun shots in hip hop songs.

Additionally, the Media Art Gallery projection room will present a companion exhibition of Cameron’s The “I Am…” Portfolio, a group of posters addressing the recent violence against Black men and disregard for their lives in America. The title refers to rally calls and protest chants from the 1960s to the present. While violence against Black people is center stage in the current American cultural conversation, presenting a project by Black male artists – including Sanford Biggers, Rashid Johnson, and Shaun Leonardo, among others – offers valuable insights and counter representation.

Louis Cameron was born in Columbus, Ohio, and lives and works in Berlin.  He earned a B.F.A. from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, and an M.F.A. from Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia.