Opening: lja Karilampi: The Chief Architect of Gangsta Rap

One of four solo exhibitions at MoMA PS1 highlighting the work of individual emerging international artists, Berlin-based artist Ilja Karilampi's video The Chief Architect of Gangsta Rap (2009) conjectures that Andre Young, better known as Dr. Dre, studied architecture before becoming famous as a hip-hop producer and rapper. In addition to describing Dre's rise in the music industry, the artist proposes Dre's connections to and opinions of the work of Modernist architects like Le Corbusier (1887–1965).

Begins July 1st through September 17th