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Wild Style director, Charlie Ahearn presents RAMMELLZEE in The Battle Station “It’s Your Death”

Saturday, September 21st: 4-6pm

Mana Contemporary, 888 Newark Avenue, Jersey City, NJ 07306

4:00-5:00pm: Join us in the Mana Theatre for a slide-movie-live radio talk followed by a tour of RAMMELLZEE: The Private Collection of the Magistrate.

5:00-6:00pm: Join us at Gary Lichtenstein Editions (studio 313) for a reception and a preview of Charlie’s new works on canvas!



Charlie Ahearn is an American film director and creative cultural artist living in New York City. Although predominantly involved in film and video production, he is also known for his work as a visual artist, author and radio host.

Charlie is the celebrated director and producer of Wild Style, an independent film that was released in 1982 to immediate critical acclaim. Wild Style is widely considered to be the first film to document New York’s emerging Hip-Hop scene and was described by the New York Times (David Gonzalez, November 11, 2008) as “a film that envisioned the future of Hip-Hop culture.” The film has since become a classic.

Charlie was also the director of The Deadly Art of Survival, a Kung Fu film shot on Super 8 in 1979. It was Charlie’s production of a silkscreen poster for the movie that prompted continued use of the medium and later resulted in a historic Times Square Show poster, created with the painter, Jane Dickson.

Charlie has been collaborating with Gary Lichtenstein since 2016. Charlie’s works on canvas, all of which incorporate silkscreen, integrate his rich photographic history with his love of color. The paintings have been exhibited widely beginning in 2017 with a solo exhibition at PPOW Gallery, NYC. A group exhibition entitled, “Elements of Style” followed at SSAC Gallery, Korea and, immediately thereafter, several of Charlie’s paintings were selected for exhibition within “Beyond the Streets,” Los Angeles. This year, Charlie’s work was included in “Custom Beats: The Art of Hip Hop,” a group exhibition at the Fullerton Museum in California. His work is currently on exhibit at “Beyond the Streets,” NYC through September 29th.

This Fall, “Elements of Style” embarks upon a three year museum tour in China, beginning with the DSM International Center in Wuhan.


See silkscreen works by Charlie Ahearn here.

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