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POW! WOW! ’14 / Streets: Seth Globepainter

Posted by SAL, February 17, 2014

World traveler, Seth Globepainter, recently finished up this large mural for POW! WOW! Hawaii. The Paris-based artist arrived to the island straight after the opening of his show in Paris (covered), and with taking part in the Exploring The New Contemporary Movement group show (covered), the mural was the second and main part of his participation in this year’s event. Inspired by the tropical paradise and island life, he created one of his familiar images of a little girl standing on a rock with her head being lost […]

POW! WOW! ’14 / Streets: Augustine Kofie x Defer

Posted by SAL, February 16, 2014

Augustine Kofie (featured) was one of the first artists to finish his mural for POW! WOW! Hawaii this year. With his artistic background having a strong connection with graffiti and painting walls, the American artist showed a lot of skills and work discipline finishing up one of the largest walls at the festival in a such short time. The result was one of his signature abstract works that includes a lot of geometrical elements, straight and perfect circular lines, as well as plays with shading, color transparency, […]

Overtime: Feb 10 – Feb 16

Posted by Khoi, February 16, 2014

More stories from the week that ended Feb 16 (click on bolded words for more information): Students petition to have Tony Matelli’s Sleepwalker sculpture removed from Wellesley College campus. RIP: Terry Adkins, who died of heart failure at age 60. RIP: Leonard Knight, who died at the age of 82, possibly from diabetes. RIP: Nancy Holt, who died at the age of 75. RIP: Maggie Estep, who died of a heart attack at age 50. RIP: Hudson, who died at the age of 63. Tributes from […]

POW! WOW! ’14 / Streets: James Jean

Posted by SAL, February 15, 2014

James Jean was one of the secret surprises of this year’s POW! WOW! Hawaii festival in Honolulu. The American artist was invited to the event as a guest first, but once he arrived to the island, he decided to try out his skills in creating a large scale mural for the first time in his career. It was very interesting seeing the way he transferred his signature illustrative style onto a big wall, using only red paint and a brush, but the result was impressive. […]

POW! WOW! ’14 / Streets: Brendan Monroe x Glenn Barr

Posted by SAL, February 15, 2014

Aside from lots of amazing murals and a huge list of side events, workshops, shows, parties, etc, POW! WOW! Hawaii is an opportunity for some unusual collaborations between participating artists. One of these is this intriguing mural created by Glenn Barr and Brendan Monroe. Since neither of the two artists usually work in such large scale, or in the public space, this opportunity was both a big challenge and a great experience. For this image, the artists decided to try and juxtapose their styles – since Barr went with his […]

POW! WOW! ’14 / Streets: 123Klan

Posted by SAL, February 14, 2014

Graffiti couple 123Klan recently finished their mural for this years edition of the POW! WOW! Hawaii festival. This was not their only way of participating in the event, as Montreal-based artists, Klor & Scien, also took part in Seventh Letter x RVCA group show (covered), released limited edition prints with 1xRun (previewed), and designed some of the official merchandise of the event. Known for their super sharp, very tech looking style, and use of their graphic design elements in their graffiti work, the duo created this […]

POW! WOW! ’14 / Streets: Roid x Insa (Part I)

Posted by SAL, February 13, 2014

British artists Roid and Insa are part of “team England” at this year’s Pow! Wow! Hawaii, working on an impressive and unusual collaboration. The two are creating another piece in Insa’s ongoing series of moving GIF-ITI’s, which features the interesting concept of creating street art that comes to life when put online in the form of animated gif. Taking full advantage of the strong connection between street art and internet, gif-iti’s are literally giving a new dimension to flat and static graffiti works. AM spent […]

POW! WOW! ’14 / Streets: Know Hope

Posted by SAL, February 13, 2014

American-born and Tel Aviv-based artist, Know Hope, is one of the artists taking part in this year’s Pow! Wow! Hawaii event in Honolulu. Although he originally planned on working on several smaller, hidden pieces in the alleys of the Kaka’ako area, the artist just finished this large mural on a side wall of a local carshop. With his minimalist style, very basic color palette, and recognizable imagery, he created this lovely piece of public art. Known for his emotive work and combining lyrics along with […]

Overtime: Feb 3 – Feb 9

Posted by Khoi, February 9, 2014

More stories from the week that ended Feb 9 (click on bolded words for more information): Trafalgar Square’s fourth plinth to show Hans Haacke piece in ’15 and David Shrigley’s in ’16. The Museum Folkwang in Essen cancels Balthus show after critics complain of pedophilia concerns. Tim Haries sentenced to six months in prison for defacing portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. Petr Pavlensky explains why he nailed his scrotum to Red Square. Marc Chagall painting purchased for £100k and determined to be fake could be […]

Streets: Maya Hayuk – Bowery & Houston Mural (Part I)

Posted by sleepboy, February 8, 2014

While New Yorker’s have been hunkering down with the recent cold spell, Maya Hayuk has been doing the opposite while working at the high profile corner of Bowery and Houston. Taking time to step back and analyze her work every now and then, the Brooklyn-based artist creates her vibrant patterns based on her ideas on color theory. The new mural will make a welcome distraction from the dreary winter for NYC art lovers. Stop by for a look yourself if you can, and make sure […]