http://www.sanfordbiggers.com
Sanford Biggers' work is a culmination of sculpture, video, music, performance, and graphic design. His works communicate the voice of the African American with a full range of emotions from dance to lamenting song. his work combines American popculture, hip-hop, African culture, with a slight Japanese influence as well. Biggers' uses strong symbolism and icons to communicate social realities. Biggers artworks are also a melting pot of spirituality and philosophic ideas has gathered traveling all over the world. He also likes to "recycle" previous artworks transforming them into newer pieces.
Biggers had designed a break dance floor which he filmed the dancers from above. He melted down a boombox to represent the death of hip hop. Biggers also melted down hip hop jewelry to make singing bells to commemorate the dead ancestors of hip-hop.
He is currently being commisioned
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