Our childhood hobbies are often a great indication as to who we will become in the future. As a young Brooklynite in the early 80s, Steven Cogle went to the library daily, checking out sketchbooks, recollecting his favorite superheroes and remixing them into his own hip-hop versions. “As much as I liked superheroes like Superman and Batman, they didn’t look like me, so I couldn’t relate to them,” says Cogle. In today’s modern art world, much emphasis is put on the classical approach of formal university training, but the act of self-learning is often undervalued. However, those that are self-educated tend to excel beyond comparable measure. Looking back at the greatest emcees and DJ’s in hip-hop, each one of them was self-taught - born into the culture and remaining honest to their calling. The same goes for Cogle, and his pursuit to become a visual artist. |