“What am I supposed to do outside but get rich, pray to God they got new gods outside in this…”-Isaiah Rashad. In this line, he subtly reflects the way in which rappers and even comic book superheroes are treated as the “New gods”. Solomon himself said there is nothing new under the sun. In the Ancient world, the gods reflected a variety of symbols and cultural ideals. Text, artifacts, and even temples were made reflecting these gods. Though these gods are not worshiped any more, in our 21st century postmodern culture, these ideas have taken on new forms. The heroes and modern media of our day have become our "New Gods". This body of work attempts to take the historic and Contemporary, merging them into a somewhat seamless narrative.