Created over the course of the six-week residency at the Montresso Art Foundation, PRAISE SONGS is a collection of four large scale canvases and two large format drawings on paper, which center the boombox as a sacred instrument. Presenting the classic Hip-Hop icon as the “new age drum,” Pecou alludes to the deeper spiritual and cultural links between hip hop and more traditional forms of African praise songs and ritual music. The 6 new pieces created at Jardin Rouge use color and costume to syncretize hip hop culture and Orisha worship, specifically the Orishas Shango and Osun- both expressions of the power, majesty, and magic of music and dance.