What can LumpWEST say, besides a big phat THANK YOU. First of all to Bill Thelen the Lump (proper) curator who pulled together some of the most talented artists working today, who responded to the ideas surrounding hip hop culture and its influences with insight, irony and irreverence. Secondly, a proper nod of thanks to the artists themselves. The artists who, despite their rigorous careers, have the humility and love to still play with a group show that tours through Eugene Oregon. LumpWEST also is deeply grateful to all those who attended the opening, I know it was cold, but your support was as hot as a black Escalade with tinted windows in August....and lastly a thanks to "bad-cop" professor Chris Coleman for providing the spiced cider which we warmed on the fire.

The show perceptively reacted to many aspects of hip hop and its rich influences on culture, from language, sexism, commercialism and style. Tori Wright's crazy pile o' hanging gold chains, Street Dreaming, was a crowd favorite. Jason Ellenburg's porcelain boom-box with polished bronze cassette tapes was also lusted by many. Seeing the world through the eyes of the Paper Rad was psychedelically sarcastic. The whole show sampled ideas, methods and styles.