Fahamu Pecou American, b. 1975
"Making connections between African cultural retentions and contemporary expressions of Blackness is about showing that we are more than what the world has suggested or imposed upon us [Black people]."
— Fahamu Pecou
Dr. Fahamu Pecou is an interdisciplinary artist and scholar whose works combine observations on hip-hop, fine art, and popular culture to address concerns around contemporary representations of Black men. Through paintings, performance art, and academic work, Dr. Pecou confronts the performance of Black masculinity and Black identity, challenging and expanding the reading, performance, and expressions of Blackness.
Fahamu Pecou (b. 1975, Brooklyn, New York) received his BFA from the Atlanta College of Art in 1997 and a Ph.D. from Emory University in 2018. His work has been included in exhibitions in the U.S. and internationally from the early 2000s to the present day. Important group shows include Smithsonian National Museum of African American Art and Culture, Société Générale (Paris), Nasher Museum at Duke University, The High Museum of Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Seattle Art Museum, Paul R. Jones Collection, ROC Nation, Clark Atlanta University Art Collection, and Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia. Significant solo exhibitions of his work include "Miroirs de l'Homme," Paris, France, 2017; a retrospective at the Hunter Museum, Chattanooga, Tennessee, 2024; and his most recent, "They Didn't Realize We Were Seeds: We The Roses," Johnson Lowe Gallery, Atlanta, 2024.
His work is included in notable collections such as the Smithsonian National Museum of African American Art and Culture, Societe Generale (Paris), Nasher Museum at Duke University, The High Museum of Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Seattle Art Museum, Paul R. Jones Collection, ROC Nation, Clark Atlanta University Art Collection, and Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia. Pecou lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia.
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T̶h̶e̶y̶ We Didn't Realize We Were Seeds: We The Roses
Fahamu Pecou 4 Oct - 23 Nov 2024Featuring new paintings, drawings, and sculptures, Fahamu Pecou's exhibition "They (We) Didn't Realize We Were Seeds: We The Roses" employs "Afrotropes"—a term coined by Huey Copeland and Krista Thompson, referring to the recurring codes, symbols, aesthetics, and concepts emanating from Black culture—to create encounters with everyday objects transformed and empowered through his meticulous process of recontextualization and cultural reclamation.Read more -
Invisible Forces
Aineki Traverso, Amy Pleasant, Craig Drennen, Deborah Dancy, Fahamu Pecou, Ilidio Candja Candja, Jiha Moon, Jimmy O’Neal, Judy Pfaff, Kole Nichols, Krista Clark, Leia Genis, Marc Ross, Masud Olufani, Pamela Longobardi, Paula Henderson, Pete Schulte, Rasha 26 Jul - 14 Sep 2024Invisible Forces delves into the unseen currents shaping human perception, cultural identities, and social narratives. It is an exploration of the hidden elements—cultural, historical, scientific, and psychological—that manifest in contemporary...Read more
