#stephen espo powers

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San Francisco, California November 15-18, 2019

1. San Francisco Salsa Bachata Kizomba Congress 2019.

2. Stephen ESPO Powers “Daymaker” at San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

3. Interpretation of Vanity at In Situ.

4. “Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983″ at the de Young Museum.

Photo Credit: karmaalwayswins

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20 de abril 2018: Repaso Musica: Tommy Guerrero/Soul Food Taqueria

Nombre del álbum: Soul Food Taqueria

Artistx: Tommy Guerrero http://www.tommyguerrero.com/

Publicación: 8 de abril 2003

Discográfica: Mo’ Wax, Beggars Group

Duracion: 53:43

Productores: Tommy Guerrero, Gadget, Monte Vallier

Arte del álbum: ESPO (Stephen J. Powers) http://firstandfifteenth.net/

Compra: https://tommy-guerrero-too-good.bandcamp.com/album/soul-food-taqueria

Escucha: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YSykw8vOJ-Y

Encanto los últimos segundos de la canción “Abierto” y la transición a la canción “Organism”. Aquí el tema cambia al ritmo del hip hop de los 80’s, pero con una influencia del Jazz también.

Creo que la canción “It Gets Heavy” tiene influencia del rock en los mediados de los 90’s. Guerrero usaba tecnología moderna a crear la atmosfera de tristeza y incertidumbre. 

 La letra:

All those things we see/Todos las cosas que vemos

I think I’m gonna find underneath the sand of make believe/ Creo que voy a encontrar debajo de la arena de la fantasía

Somewhere deeper inside/un lugar más profundo dentro

 Will this change everything in time?/Este cambia todo en tiempo?

Stuck in between the blame we see/Atrapado entre de la culpa que nos vemos

Half way in I lose my mind/medio camino me haya perdido mi mente

Is that cause we feel like we’re fading?/Es porque nos sentimos que estamos desapeareciendo?

 With visuals this time/Con visuals este tiempo

 Take away the lights, take away the frames we left behind/Quita las luces, quita los marcos cual dejamos atras

Finalmente, mi cancion favorita en el album es una de los pocos que tengan letra. La canción es “Gettin’ It Together”. La cancion es una colaboración con el rapero y productor, Lyrics Born. https://www.lyricsborn.com/

La letra:

The time that it takes to build a family to a neighbor, we got it/

El tiempo que se necesita a construe una familia en un vecino, nos lo tenemos

The time that it takes to turn a neighborhood to a state, we got it

El tiempo que se necesita a cambia un barrio en un estado, nos lo tenemos

The time that it takes to turn state into a nation, we got it

El tiempo que se necesita a cambia un estado en un nación, nos lo tenemos

The time that it takes to raise that nation to a family, we got it

El tiempo que se necesita a cambia esa nación a una familia, nos lo tenemos

 Inmediatamente despues de esta canción, la siguiente canción empieza con el sonido del alguien gritando “Chicano!”. Este cancion se llama “Another Brother Gone”.

Disfrutaba el tiempo escuchando a la música del Tommy Guerrero. Encanto el arte y el deporte del skateboarding. Está bien a ver un hombre que esta viviendo sus días haciendo cosas que son divertidos en mi opinión. Es mejor no viva sus días muy seriamente. Toma los arriesgas mientras podamos. En el futuro, ojalá que escribe sobre un grupo que son Mexicanos y son muy políticos. Disfruta escuchando al Soul Food Taqueria, el sonido de la música es interesante, diferente, y creo que es muy calma también para una sesión de fumando. Por favor considera a buscar para más información sobre Tommy Guerrero y si su puede, compra un álbum digital.

Tambien, me gusta mucho el arte del álbum. Son obras del Stephen Powers, quien empezaba su carrera en arte en las calles de New York City en los 90’s. Su estilo del arte es inspirado por vida de las ciudades y es perfecto para la música y estilo de Tommy Guerrero. Trabajando en una concina y las interacciones en la cocina son muy diferentes de las interacciones en el frente con los clientes que habla inglés. Creo que el graffiti y skateboarding son partes de la vida en una ciudad. Son partes de vida en el campo también, pero fue creado en la ciudad, específicamente el graffiti. Sin embargo, el Soul Food Taqueria es simbólico de una cruce de muchos tipos de experiencas en un lugar. Cada canción en el álbum es tan diferente de los otros. La música de Tommy Guerrero tiene influencas claras del jazz, el hip-hop, el rock, y mas. Creo que el álbum mostra el mismo diversidad que se puede encontra en una cruce tipical en cualquier ciudad en todo el mundo.

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There’s A Crack In Everything. That’s How The Light Gets In.

Union Square, NYC More photos:  ESPO (aka Stephen Powers), Street Art

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Stephen “ESPO” Powers exhibit at SFMOMA

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Wk 5 - Artists OTW - Stephen Powers & Julie Mehretu

Stephen Powers is a contemporary graffiti artist, who also goes by the alias ESPO (Exterior Surface Painting Outreach). Powers is best known for his text-based conceptual works. Powers’ graphic lettering is incorporated into many of his murals around the world, which are like love letters to the cities they are in. His works are frequently displayed on large buildings, sides of storefronts, and gallery walls. He takes inspiration from graphic design and traditional sign painting. As a graffiti artist, his work dealt with issues of legality and disenfranchisement. He is well-known in the graffiti world for his book titled The Art of Getting Over: Graffiti at the Millennium. Powers was a key figure in graffiti writing transitioning into street art. 

Julie Mehretu an influential contemporary artist. Her work is influenced by politics, literature, music, and social networks. She expresses the contemporary condition of society and individuals through her pieces. These large-scale paintings are made of layers of acrylic paint that is overlaid by penic, pens, ink, and paint. She hopes her work provokes the viewer’s thoughts and reflection. Mehretu’s work has been shown in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Walker Art Museum in Minneapolis, and The Broad Art Museum in Los Angeles. 

Powers and Mehretu are similar as they are both contemporary artists. In my opinion, much of Mehretu’s work reminds me of graffiti that is seen in public. It almost has this feeling of chaos and uncertainty to it that I find in the random graffiti works of Los Angeles. For example, her work collection titled Six Bardos looks very similar to graffiti. Powers’ work is different as you can obviously tell what you are looking at and reading. As most of his works are writings, we can understand what he is trying to convey. 

Street art is known as visual art created in public locations for public consumption. Street art tends to be image based and it can include murals, stencil art, reverse graffiti, and mosaic tiling. These works of art are figurative and abstract, and bring vibrancy and energy to that location. Fine art is art created mainly for aesthetic value and beauty, rather than functional value. Fine art can include paintings, prints, and sculptures. Viewing street art is different from viewing fine art. Usually street art has much to do with the location and architecture of what is being painted on. In museums, curators decide what is shown through the fine art pieces. The strengths of gallery art are they are depositories of history and they can increase an artist’s public recognition. I believe the biggest weaknesses of gallery art is that many pieces lack written explanations. We have to be able to interpret what we are viewing, and this is sometimes frustrating. Strengths of street art include freedom to paint what you want, can positively transform the environment, and it brings art to the public. The weakness of street art is it can be viewed as vandalism and it can cause damage to some surfaces. 

If I were to choose between becoming a Street Artist or a Gallery Artist, I would be a Street Artist. I like the freedom that street artists have to express themselves. Because street art is usually image based, I would like to create murals near park areas to make the environment seem bright and lively. I would say I am good at replicating cartoons and other characters, so I would paint the more popular ones around kid areas for their enjoyment. As a Street Artist I would also paint over the negative street art / graffiti. Overall, I would like to better public spaces so people can enjoy them.

[hitzerot-prints-and-publications]

Public Wall Writing in Philadelphia

As New York City developed its own name writing culture in the 1960s, so did Philadelphia. In “Public Wall Writing in Philadelphia” you get an insight into a collection of historic black-and-white photographs from the late 60s to the early 80s documenting the city’s tag culture. The big sized (24cm x 34cm) photo book does not focus on special names or styles, it rather puts together shots from different photographers showing the towns railway stations, schoolyards and street corners. The name writings seem to be an omnipresent part of Philadelphia’s cityscape.

This 2007 book is a great document on a city’s own wall writing phenomenon which did not lead into a stylewriting and piecing culture at first as it was the case one hundred miles away in NYC. On the 96 pages you can find first attempts of the later famous “Philly Style” as well as tags by first generation innovators like DR. COOL, KOOL KLEPTO KIDD and of course the well-known CORNBREAD. The foreword is written by the Philadelphia originated writer Stephen “ESPO” Powers.

Grab this publication for a special discount price! If you are interested in the history and origins of nowadays worldwide name writing culture, this publication is a must!

Get it now at Hitzerot.

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[youralbrightknox]

We are thrilled to announce our next #AKPublicArt project with Stephen "ESPO" Powers! "Emotional Wayfinding" is an expansive and responsive new project that will take the form of more than 100 metal signs—some screen-printed and others hand-painted—in the shape of average “No Parking” or “One Way” street signs, which will be placed in a variety of locations throughout Erie County in the summer of 2018. Over the coming months, the museum will distribute a tear-away postcard in various locations throughout the region, prompting YOU to share your thoughts on what you like and dislike about Buffalo. The artist will gather these responses and use them to develop signage that will be displayed in twenty-nine towns and villages throughout Erie County, as well as in the City of Buffalo. Learn more and submit your responses at https://ift.tt/2JotyCw. @steveespopowers #ESPO #stephenpowers #albrightknox #buffalo #buffalony #emotionalwayfinding #publicart #2018 @esposartworld #art #museum #artmuseum https://ift.tt/2qWz9ZT

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Steve Powers:

Stephen Powers is a contemporary artist and muralist who also goes by the name ESPO. As a muralist, Powers has to constantly consider his audience, as his work is always in the public eye. Visually his work must be appropriate for audiences of all ages, especially younger. However the meaning and interpretations behind his pieces can be aimed at a targeted audience.

Typography pays a major, if not the main part in Powers’ work; it is the way he connects and conveys his message to his audience. By changing the font or colour of the text, he is able to change the feeling and impression given off when looking at the murals.

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New York, US

A mural by the contemporary artist Stephen Powers, also known as ESPO Photography by Timothy A Clary

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One of our favorite murals in the city. An image of “Ann and Allen Iverson” by Stephen ESPO Powers courtesy of @cam_raleigh https://instagr.am/p/CANuoObHAYw/

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Now is Forever (2014)
Stephen Powers (ESPO)
2017年、東京原宿
#nowisforever #stephenpowers #espo #wallart #signpainting #lettering #typography #harajuku #tokyo #原宿 #東京 
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SUN, SURF & SEX: ED TEMPLTON’S PHOTOS OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LIFE Miss Rosen for Crave Online

Hailing from Huntington Beach, CA, Ed Templeton first began skateboarding back in 1985 with his friend, actor Jason Lee. “The first thing that I ever saw was a kid skating down the street and he ollied up a curb; that was, you know, the thing that got me started. I thought that was the coolest thing ever, like, how could this guy just keep cruising down the street and not have to stop and pick up his board,” he told TransWorld SKATEboarding in 2012.

By 1990, Templeton went pro with New Deal Skateboards before leaving in 1992 to start his own company. In 1994, he founded Toy Machine, and by 2013, he was sole owner—ensuring every element of the company reflects his personal vision and philosophy.

Toy Machine provided a platform for Templeton to develop his artistic and athletic ideas in a cohesive frame, enabling him to tour the world professionally. Inspired by Mark Gonzales, who did his own graphics, Templeton began to create works of photography, painting, and sculpture.

In the mid-90s, the D.I.Y. spirit had found new form in a group of young artists that fused skateboarding, graffiti, punk, and Hip Hop in their art. Curator Aaron Rose developed Beautiful Losers, an art exhibition, book, and eventually film that showcased the movement in the work of artists including Templeton, Gonzales, Shepard Fairey, Margaret Kilgallen, Barry McGee, Stephen ESPO Powers, Cheryl Dunn, and Ryan McGinley, among others.

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All photos: © Ed Templeton, courtesy of Danziger Gallery.