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Huck Magazine article
Huck is a bi-monthly magazine rooted in skate, surf, snow, music, art and activism. I contributed to the latest issue no.30 which is an ‘Art Special’. Firstly I wrote a piece entitled “The Fundamentals of Street Art” – which outlined what I believe to be the key ingredients in this art form. Secondly they…
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Above: Passport
Above’s new Passport book is huge! The special boxed edition now stands as the biggest book on my shelves. I was flattered to be asked to contribute a text to this artist’s monograph alongside others such as Faile and Wooster Collective. Ever since featuring Above in my second book Street Logos we have stayed in touch…
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…Capitalism?
Last month I took part in a debate called …Capitalism? held at NHH Norwegian School of Economics in collaboration with the Nuart Festival. NHH, a leading business school in Norway, had the idea to use street art as a way to engage with how the institution was perceived internally and externally and more broadly to comment on ideas about economics…
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Atlanta Living Walls Conference
Jaz Its been a while since the event but I had a throughly enjoyable and interesting time this August at the Atlanta Living Walls Conference. Now in its second year this grassroots festival is a celebration of street art with over 20 walls painted across the city by artists worldwide, including old friends such as Sam3,…
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10 Best Street Artworks – The Observer Magazine
I was pleased to be commissioned by the Observer magazine to compile my 10 Best Street Artworks as part of their 10 Best series. The feature appeared in their Review magazine on the 7th August and can also be found here on line at their parent newspaper’s website … http://www.guardian.co.uk/culture/gallery/2011/aug/07/art Steve Powers: A Love Letter to You…
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Daniel Melim rises
News from my friend the Brazilian stencil artist Daniel Melim – he just painted this 30 meter high mural in downtown Sao Paulo. If you know your way around the city you’ll know this is a great spot – next to some squatted buildings and near to the Pinacoteca… More images here… http://entretenimento.uol.com.br/ultnot/….da -luz-sp.jhtm
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Bulgarian Banksy
Dubbed unimaginatively as the Bulgarian Banksy – you’ve got to hand it to the anonymous artist this is an audacious move…
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Basco Vasko website
Finally one of my favourite artists Basco Vasko has a website. For years I’ve scrabbled around trying to see his work online – also featuring him in my last book but now he’s spent some time collating his work and sharing it here – a very interesting artist in my opinion.
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Arte Urbano Mexicano
Since traveling to Mexico – I’ve become a great fan and follower of its urban art scene particularly the young talent that is emerging there. Three Mexican artists who I featured in Street Sketchbook Journey’s – namely Sego, Saner & Dhear have been invited to create a show in Spain… Here are a few images…