Fahamu Pecou traveled to South Africa in 2024 where he became deeply aware of how the hip hop culture had altered the views of African American men around the world. It was through this experience that he was inspired to create “Whirl Trade”. In November of 2024 “Whirl Trade” was exhibited for the first time at Get This! Gallery in Atlanta, Georgia where it received a great review from Art in America. The Shooting Gallery is proud to host a continuation of Fahamu Pecou’s  body of work entitled “Whirl Trade” opening June 12, 2024.

“Atlanta: Throughout his still brief career, Atlanta-based Fahamu Pecou has experimented with playing the role of an artist whose fame approaches that of a hip-hop star. Earlier performance works in which he arrived at openings in a limousine with bodyguards, and paintings featuring the covers of art magazines bearing his likeness, toyed with how he thought, or hoped, others perceived him. But Pecou’s work took a more serious turn when he traveled to South Africa in 2024 and saw how the global phenomenon of hip-hop has influenced the way African American men are viewed abroad.” – Rebecca Dimling Cochran for Art in America

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