PRESS

 

 

2019

Sharon Mizota, "A Painter Probes Hip Hop stereotypes and what it means to be Black and Male"LA Times, 2019

Arianna Rebolini, “The 44 most stunning book covers of 2019”BuzzFeed News, 2019

Stephanie Cash, “Fahamu Pecou’s Spiritually Charged Pop Painting About Black Identity Finds a Powerful Setting in Brooklyn”ArtnetNews, 2019

Shana Nys Dembrot, "Dr. Fahamu Pecou at Kopeikin Gallery"Art and Cake LA, 2019

TK Smith, “In small but mighty “Real Negus”, Fahamu Pecou honors new ancestors”ArtsATL, 201

9Deanna Sirlin, "(In)Visible Man, Fahamu Pecou and the Poetics of Power" ArtsAtl, 2019

Kathy Janich, “Year in review : Art + Design scene benefits from Bunnen, Gay, Mann, Pecou + more”, Arts ATL, 2019

Héra, “Un artiste contemporain qui renoue avec les traditions”, Art Africain Info, 2019

Lydvina, “Le point créativité: L’artiste peintre Américain Fahamu Pecou”, Le club des Cotonettes, 2019

Maddie Ellis, “Stone Center exhibit aims to reframe Black existence”, The Daily Tar Heel, 2019

C. Perrin, “Fahamu Pecou, du hip hop au musée”, Collection d’Art Société Générale, 2019

Amanda Magnus & Franck Stasio, “Do or Die: Using Art To Resist Stereotypes of Black Masculinity”, North Carolina Public Radio, 2019 Emmanuelle Dreyfus,

“3 raisons de participer à… “ Un dimanche á la galerie”, Version Femina, 2019 “Un dimanche à la galerie ! 15 septembre (5ème édition)”, Fomo-Vox, 2019

 

2018

Aurélie Laurière, “Tournée de rentrée des galeries en compagnie de nos artistes”, Collection d’art, 2018

“The ROOT100" 2018”, The Root, 2018

Mara Shalhoup, “After a fire destroyed his studio, Atlanta artist Fahamu Pecou prepares to start over”, Atlanta, 2018

Andrew Alexander, "Artist Fahamu Pecou curates Charles H. Nelson retrospective at Hammonds House", ArtsATL, 2018

Raphaël Morata, "Art Paris Art Fair. 20 ans, le bel âge !", Point de vue, 2018

"National Black Arts Festival Pegs Fahamu Pecou For Its Visual Artist Award", Burnaway, 2018

 

2017

Valérie Toubas, Daniel Guionnet, Fahamu Pecou - Entretien, Point Contemporain, 2017

"L'âme noire de Fahamu Pecou", Figaroscope, 2017

"Fahamu Pecou, Etre noir en Amérique", Connaissance des Arts, 2017

Christian Charrieyre, "Les entreprises sont les mécènes du XXè siècle", Arts Magazine, 2017

"Exposition Miroirs de l'Homme - Fahamu Pecou", Paris La Défense, 2017

"Les peintures riches en messages de Fahamu Pecou à la Société Générale", Kingz, 2017

"Rencontre avec Fahamu Pecou pour l'exposition "Miroirs de l'Homme : une rétrospective" à la Société Générale", Connaissance des Arts, 2017

"Votre photo du jour : Fahamu Pecou dans son exposition à la Société Générale à la Défense par Guy Boyer", Connaissance des Arts, 2017

Guillaume Morel, "Première exposition solo de Fahamu Pecou par la Société Générale", Connaissance des Arts, 2017

"Société Générale accueille pour la première fois une exposition monographique dédiée à l'artiste américain Fahamu Pecou", Zone Bourse, 2017

"Exposition Fahamu Pecou - Miroirs de l'Homme : une rétrospective, Wherevent, 2017

"Fahamu Pecou, Miroirs de l'Homme : une rétrospective, Tours Société Générale Paris", Point Contemporain, 2017

"Miroirs de l'Homme : une rétrospective", It Art Bag, 2017

"Hip Hop au plus haut des tours", Exponaute, 2017

"Exposition Fahamu Pecou - Miroirs de l'Homme : une rétrospective", Carpe Diem, 2017

"Fahamu Pecou, Miroirs de l'Homme", Arts Hebdo Medias, 2017

"Seattle Art Fair 2017 is built for confort, not for speed, and it's splendid", Vanguard, 2017

"Seattle Art Fair 2017 : Much to see and buy !", Comics Grinder, 2017

"Fahamu Pecou's "interSessions" @ Gathering Spot", Burnaway, 2017

Shantay Robinson, "Review : with "RSVP", Atlanta's artists reserve a seat in the spiritual realm", Arts Atl, 2017

Yvette Caslin, "Janelle Monaé, Fahamu Pecou inspire at "I'm not your negro" Atlanta screening", Rolling Out, 2017

Maya Martin, "The High Museum : A break from Normalcy", Vox ATL, 2017

Jacinta Howard, "Beyonce's West African Influences Shouldn't Be Ignored or Downplayed", The Boombox, 2017

 

2016

Jack Barnes, "Fahamu Pecou", Get My Buzz Up, 2016

Angelica McKinley, Giovanni Russonello, "Fifty years later, Black Panters' art still resonates" New-York Times, 2016

Erin Wright, "Fahamu Pecou uses art to re-define black masculinity", Wabe, 2016

"Southern Accent Artist : Fahamu Pecou", New Black Man, 2016

Fahamu Pecou, "Essay: Muhammad Ali's Rope-A-Dope Rally for Truth Set Him Free", NBC News, 2016

Nedra Rhone, "MARTA mural by artist Fahamu Pecou revealed at king Memorial Station", MyAJC, 2016

Fahamu Pecou, "Opinion: Art Will Tell", ArtsATL, 2016

Ray Cornelius, "Upfront talk to Lamman Rucker, Anthony Faulkner and Fahamu Pecou", Jazz WCLK, 2016

Jack Barnes, "Fahamu Pecou, Do or die", Getmybuzzup, 2016

Erin Wright, "Artist Fahamu Pecou on the intersection of art and activism", Wabe, 2016

Fahamu Pecou, "Are You Not Entertained? Kendrick Lamar & Black Resistance", NBC, 2016

Erin Shaw, "Artists take, recreate in 'Remix' exhibition", The State, 2016

Alyssa Klein, "Inside Ms. Lauryn Hill's 'Diaspora Calling!' Art Exhibition", Okayafrica, 2016

"Fahamu Pecou REMIX Conversations", BlackArtNews, 2016

"African-American artists explore history, identity, and the image at the CMA", TheTandD, 2016

"BET News: 29 People You Should Know: Fahamu Pecou", BlackHistoryMonth, 2016

Timothy Sanders, "Fahamu Pecou - The waddi christmas", Chalant Magazine, 2016

Jacinta Howard, "Because of Basquiat", Creative Loafing, 2016

Jacinta Howard, "Talking Drum puts social justice on blast", Creative Loafing, 2016

Bryan Granger, "Remix at the Columbia Museum of Art", DAILYSERVING, 2016

"FAAC Presents: Fahamu Pecou- Behind The Canvas", BlackArtNews, 2016

Matthew Jones, "Fahamu Pecou: Furthering Black Consciousness", ODYSSEY, 2016

 

 

2015

Gavin, Godfrey, “Fahamu Pecou talks curating Elevate and MARTA”Creative Loafing, August 25, 2015
Bingham, Kim, “”I Know Why The Caged Bird Blings’: L’évolution d’un peintre dans le mythe du rap”, Le Huffington Post, July 19, 2015

Maertens, Marie, “Fahamu Pecou, le militant”Connaissance des Arts, June 2015

de Santis, Sophie, “Fahamu Pecou: Trop de bling tue”, Figaroscope, June 2015

Williams, Kimber, "Artist and Scholar: Fahamu Pecou challenges concepts of Black masculinity"Emory University News, February 17, 2015

Jefferson, Jennifer, "Fahamu Pecou Exalts the Black Male at MOCAGA"Burnaway.org, February 3, 2015

 

2014

McClure, Faith, “Fahamu Pecou soars in smart, timely "GRAV•I•TY at MOCAGA”ArtsAtl.com, December 30, 2014

Feaster, Felecia, "Tenderness and Angst Define Pecou's Impressive Show"Atlanta Journal Constitution, December 23, 2014

Pousner, Howard, “Fahamu Pecou expresses Gravity at MOCAGA”, AJC.com, December 11, 2014

Dykstra, Jean, "Fahamu Pecou at Lyons Wier in NYC"Burnaway.org, September 24, 2014

Patterson, Shady, "All That's Black Ain't SOUL'D: Performativity of Blackness in Fahamu Pecou's Work", liquid blackness #3, July 2014

Featured Artist, Transition, #113, April 2014

Carmichael, Rodney, “Could a Living Walls x Dungeon Family Collaboration be in the works?”Creative Loafing Atlanta, March 19, 2014

Daniel, Christopher A., “T.I., Fahamu Pecou and Michael Rooks Talk Art, Hip-Hop, and Culture”The Burton Wire, February 2014

Bentley, Rosalind, “Rapper T.I., artist Fahamu Pecou & High Museum curator talk about hip-hop, art”, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, February 11, 2014

Carmichael, Rodney, “Fahamu Pecou takes Art Papers on a Heady Hip-hop trip”, Creative Loafing Atlanta, January 14, 2014

Hall, Floyd, “Fahamu Pecou-The Doctor of Hip-Hop” (podcast), Burnaway.org, January, 2014

 

2013

Cash, Stephanie, “Fahamu Pecou Guest Edits Art Papers”Burnaway.org, November 2013

Lampe, Lilly, “Fahamu Pecou-Fahamuisms”, Burnaway.org, July, 2013

Ratcliff, Darryl, “Fahamu Pecou: How To Eat Your Watermelon”, Glasstire.com, August 2013

Bentley, Rosalind, “Art of Survival”, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, July 2013,

Camplin, Todd, “Fahamu Pecou”, Modern Dallas, July 2013

Carmichael, Rodney, “Fahamu Pecou deconstructs 'All Dat Glitters' on the canvas and the mic (and the iPhone)”, Creative Loafing Atlanta, May 24, 2013

Johnson, Nicole Smythe, “The Reservations of Blackness and the Politics of Medium-Interrogating Fahamu Pecou”ARC, 2013

Boudier, Laurent, “Fahamu Pecou- NEGUS in Paris”, Telerama, February 2013

Quemin, Alain, “Jeunes Artistes dans le Haut Maria”, Le Journal des Arts, February 2013

De Dantis, Sophie, “Fahamu Pecou, NEGUS in Paris”, Le Figaroscope, January 2013

Simon, Eric, “Negus in Paris”, Actuart.org, January 2013

Dingong, Epée Hervé, “Interview de l’Artist Fahamu Pecou”, Lady Caprice Magazine, January 2013

“Fahamu Pecou- NEGUS in Paris”VALDAN, January 2013

Fogg, Ross, “Pecou: Using Art to Shape Discourse”, Emory Wheel, 2013, 9-10

 

2012

Staff, “Fahamu Pecou Uses Music to Gives Canvases A Voice”, Arts Observer, September 2012

Rooks, Michael, “Fahamu Pecou”, Oxford American, June 2012, 69

Harris, Isoul, “Worldwide Underground” Uptown Magazine, December/January 2012, 42

 

2011

 Olsen, Katie, “Fahamu Pecou”, Lifelounge Magazine, December, 2011

Abernathy, Jeremy, “ARTSPEAK: Fahamu Pecou Curates Four Emerging Artists in HOME”, Burnaway.org, July 2011

Lindsay, Arturo, “Fahamu Pecou”, Art Papers, July 2011

Turcat, Raphael, “Fahamu Pecou est-il le fils caché de Warhol?”, Technikart, May 2011

De Santis, Sophie, “Fahamu Pecou”, Le Figaroscope, May 2011

Boudier, Laurent, “Fahamu Pecou”, Telerama, May 2011

Saqué, Fabienne, “Recontre: Fahamu Pecou: An American Painter in Paris”, Artlit.fr, April 2011

Carmichael, Rodney, “Fahamu Pecou is the Shit… on the mic”, Creative Loafing Atlanta, April, 5, 2011

McKinnis, Sam, “Fahamu Pecou & The Portrait: A Q&A with Sam McKinnis”, New American Paintings, January 2011

 

2010

 Barbour, Shannon, “Fahamu Pecou’s ‘The 15 Project’ was a sweet pre-holiday gift”, Creative Loafing Atlanta, December 21, 2010

Penrice, Ronda, “Fahamu Pecou Presents…”, 944, October 2010, 56-57

Moses, Olufunke, “Something Like A Fahamenon”, Creative Loafing Charlotte, August 25-31, 2010, 14-16

Miller, D. Scot, “Whirl trade center”, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, June 9-15, 2010, 2

Staff, “Exclusive Interview with Fahamu Pecou on ArtxRacexHip-Hop”, JUXTAPOZ, June 2010

Cochran, Rebecca, “Get This!”, Art in America, May 2010, 162-163

Darrow, Sussanah, “ART CRUSH: Fahamu Pecou Takes his shirt off, new one night show this Saturday, Burnaway.org, April 2010

Hicks, Cinqué, “Wild Style: Atlanta Artists Go Off The Wall With Hip-Hop Design”, Creative Loafing Atlanta, March 17-23, 2010, 22

Featured Artist, “A Night at The Gallery” Essence Magazine, February 2010, 126-127

Smith, Karen, “Paint It Like It Is”, Cream, 2010, 58-59

 

2009

Walter, Megan Norman, “Fahamu Pecou’s Whirl Trade: Hip-Hop vanity or vanitas”, Burnaway.org, December 2009

Fox, Catherine, “Slick meets street in Pecou's paintings”, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 4, 2009, D14

Feaster, Felecia, “All About Me, The Atlantan, November 2009, 22

Hicks, Cinqué, “The art of the deal”, Creative Loafing Atlanta, July 15-21, 2009, 19

Platt, Ron (Juror), “Fahamu Pecou”, New American Paintings, June-July 2009, 124-127

Tagami, Kirsten, “ATL's all-stars to discover African roots”, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2009 K9

Indrisek, Scott, “Listening to Hip-Hop”, Artnews, February 2009, 28

Stein, Kelsey, “Neo-pop painter begins artist series”, University of Alabama, January 28, 2009, 7

 

2008

Staff, Critics’ Pick, “Best Opening”, Creative Loafing Atlanta, 2008

Hicks, Cinqué, “Heeeeeere's Fahamu”, Creative Loafing Atlanta, September 2008

Northington, Toya, “Will The Real Artist Please Stand Up?”, International Review of African American Art, 2008, 20-24

Staff, “Coming To A Newsstand Near You: Fahamenon”, Atlanta Peach, May 2008

Donnegan, Annmarie, “Fahamu Pecou”, Mass Appeal, 2008, 38

Wagner, Alex, “Portraits of the Artist”, Fader, 2008, 58

Simek, Lucia. “Stunt'd Like My Daddy”, THE Magazine, October 2008, 51

 

2007

Berdolla, Myrtis, “Art Basel Miami Beach, The African American Presence”, International Review of African America Art, 2007, 54-56

Chalifoux, Jordan, “Fahamu Pecou”, Format Magazine, November 2007

***, “Fahamu Pecou: Born Infamous”, Art Price Magazine, October 2007, 60-61

Staff, “Best Emerging Visual Artists”, Creative Loafing Atlanta, 2007

Fass, Mark, “Back To The Future!”, The Atlantan, November 2007, 80-82

Histern, Melissa, “Babe Magnet”, New York Press, September 26-October 2, 2007,

Starks, Mahalia, “Immaculate Percep'shun”, Pimp, September 7, 2007, 72-75

Fester, Felicia, “Fahamu Pecou”, Creative Loafing Atlanta, May 24-30, 2007

Featured Artist, Harper's Review, 2007, 25

 

2006

Huston, Johnny Ray, “Pop lives”, The San Francisco Bay Guardian, October 4-10, 2006

Stahr, Monroe, “The Fame Game”, bRILLIANT Magazine, September 2006, 52

Fester, Felicia, “The Painter”, Creative Loafing Atlanta, September 7-13, 2006

Psyllos, Steven, “Fahamu Pecou is the Shit” NY Arts, May/June 2006, 10-11

Kassel, Whitney, “Fahamu Pecou”, Alarm, 2006, 68-71

Evans, Eli, “Covered: Fahamu Pecou”, Studio, 2006, 09-10

Terranova, Charissa, “Electric Avenue”, Dallas Observer, February 1, 2006

Fox, Catherine, “A wannabe star is born”, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 15, 2006, L3

Cullum, Jerry, “Pecou to the world: Cover me”, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 30, 2005

Lerner, Jonathan, “Instant Art History Immediately”, Atlanta Peach, April 2006

 

2005

Barnwell, Andrea, “Dispatch: Atlanta”, Studio, 2005, 15