Uploaded June 2021 | Updated September 2026, 14 hours ago
"You're free to choose any lane that you want to. If you want to, Should you want to; Would you want to? If given the option would you want to? If you had one shot would you want two?"
Join Lew Salem of Black Xpression as he pairs an original spoken word poem, titled “Breath of the Wild,” with The Jungle by Phillipe Auguste Salnave, based on the "jungle" that today's "social media and our community relationships" have become.
Virtual SDMA+ are unique online experiences offered by The San Diego Museum of Art in collaboration with other local arts institutions to inspire a robust appreciation of the arts and a deeper exploration of the SDMA permanent collection.
Enriching communities through creative development and education, Black Xpression (@xpress_it) is a community-based platform created to “Xpress” individual passions. Join the talented poets, musicians, and spoken-word performers of Black Xpression as they reinterpret classic works of art from the Museum’s collection through the multifaceted lenses of their own creative expression.
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Featured: "Breath of the Wild," Written and performed by Lew Salem.
Phillipe Auguste Salnave, "The Jungle," 1963. Oil on Masonite. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norton Walbridge. 1976.219.
Website | SDMArt.org
Virtual SDMA+ | sdmart.org/virtual-sdma-plus
Black Xpression | instagram.com/xpress_it
Lew Salem | https://linktr.ee/lewsalem
Bandcamp | lewsalem.bandcamp.com/releases
YouTube| youtube.com/channel/UCsR7MgipY0kqBRK6tscg1rQ
Instagram | instagram.com/sandiegomuseumofart
Facebook | facebook.com/TheSanDiegoMuseumOfArt
Twitter | twitter.com/SDMA
"You're free to choose any lane that you want to. If you want to, Should you want to; Would you want to? If given the option would you want to? If you had one shot would you want two?"
Join Lew Salem of Black Xpression as he pairs an original spoken word poem, titled “Breath of the Wild,” with The Jungle by Phillipe Auguste Salnave, based on the "jungle" that today's "social media and our community relationships" have become.
Virtual SDMA+ are unique online experiences offered by The San Diego Museum of Art in collaboration with other local arts institutions to inspire a robust appreciation of the arts and a deeper exploration of the SDMA permanent collection.
Enriching communities through creative development and education, Black Xpression (@xpress_it) is a community-based platform created to “Xpress” individual passions. Join the talented poets, musicians, and spoken-word performers of Black Xpression as they reinterpret classic works of art from the Museum’s collection through the multifaceted lenses of their own creative expression.
⠀
Featured: "Breath of the Wild," Written and performed by Lew Salem.
Phillipe Auguste Salnave, "The Jungle," 1963. Oil on Masonite. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Norton Walbridge. 1976.219.
Website | SDMArt.org
Virtual SDMA+ | sdmart.org/virtual-sdma-plus
Black Xpression | instagram.com/xpress_it
Lew Salem | https://linktr.ee/lewsalem
Bandcamp | lewsalem.bandcamp.com/releases
YouTube| youtube.com/channel/UCsR7MgipY0kqBRK6tscg1rQ
Instagram | instagram.com/sandiegomuseumofart
Facebook | facebook.com/TheSanDiegoMuseumOfArt
Twitter | twitter.com/SDMA
