Na'ye Perez: Purple Hearts
Na’ye Perez
Purple Hearts, 2023
22-color screenprint on Coventry Rag paper
18 x 24 inches (unframed)
27 1/16 x 21 1/16 x 1 5/8 inches (framed)
Edition of 50, 5 AP, 5 OP
Signed and numbered on bottom
Printed in Brooklyn by Du-Good Press
Work is sold unframed with the option to frame. Framing is available for New York City addresses only. Please allow 10-12 business days for processing and delivery of unframed work. If you purchase a framed edition, please allow 4-6 weeks for processing and delivery.
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All limited edition artwork sales are final
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Celebrating 50 years of Hip-Hop, BRIC presents a new limited edition screenprint from Cuban-Haitian-American painter Na’ye Perez. Printed by master printer Leslie Diguid of Du-Good Press, Purple Hearts is based on Perez’s acrylic painting, originally collaged with newsprint from Vibe, Source, and XXL magazines, hibiscus prints on rice paper, and sands collected from beaches in Los Angeles, Coney Island, and the Bronx. This coast-to-coast creation calls upon Hip-Hop’s geographical and generational roots, with gel-transferred album covers from some of the biggest names in Hip-Hop history, including The Notorious B.I.G., 2Pac, Lauryn Hill, Missy Elliot, Wu-Tang Clan, DMX, Nicki Minaj, J. Cole, Megan Thee Stallion, and more. The work takes its name from the ninth track on Kendrick Lamar’s 2022 album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, and honors the everlasting legacy of Hip-Hop music and culture since its birth in the Bronx back in 1973.
Illustrating the intimate and the everyday, Na’ye Perez returns to these questions: “What is a shared experience? What is a moment in time that can be felt?” Purple Hearts offers us one of those moments. In it, Perez samples and remixes a scene from Spike Lee’s 1990 film, Mo’ Better Blues, when we find the trumpet-playing protagonist, Bleek Gilliam, at his lowest point, lying alone on his bedroom floor surrounded by jazz records. Through this reimagining, Perez recalls the undeniable comfort of playing on repeat and chronicles the true pleasure and healing power of Hip-Hop’s rhythm and flow.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Na’ye Perez (he/him) is a painting and mixed-media artist living in Brooklyn by way of Columbus, Ohio. Perez has had a solo exhibition at REGULARNORMAL, NY. He has participated in group exhibitions at Welancora Gallery, Dinner Gallery, and Cuchifritos Gallery, NY; Residency Gallery, Inglewood, CA; Oolite Arts, Miami, FL; Steven Zevitas Gallery, Boston, MA; 129 Gallery, Columbus, OH. His residencies include New Wave, The Shed’s DIS OBEY, and Pratt’s Project Third (P3).
ABOUT DU-GOOD PRESS
Leslie Diuguid established Du-Good Press in 2017 to offer a collaborative and fresh approach to screen printing across the arts. Focusing on a new wave of rising contemporary artists across multiple platforms, Du-Good Press is the first and only Black female owned fine art screen printing business in New York to offer hand screen printed fine art editions by emerging and mid-career artists.
ABOUT BRIC
BRIC Hip-Hop is an evergreen home for the education, expression, and evolution of Hip-Hop. Based in Brooklyn, our programming bridges ideas and incubation to catalyze a global Hip-Hop culture.
