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POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014

June 18, 2014 Artists

The worldwide fascination with murals expanded this month to Taiwan for the first exhibit of Pow! Wow! Taiwan! from organizers of the very similarly sounding festival in Hawaii. Actually, looking at the location names, there could be an anagram in there somewhere…

Truthfully, the first season edition of Pow! Wow! was in Hong Kong in the late 2000s before it migrated to Hawaii for four years, so when Jasper Wong and crew decided to go back to Asia for this new festival it was not uncommon territory – and they’ve made a number of great connections with artist in the interim. In between thunderstorms and the international roster hit up places like Tungnan University, Songshan Cultural Park, and the Taipei Zoo.

Visiting artists included James Jean, Aaron De La Cruz, INSA, Madsteez, Apex, Rone, Sheryo, Yok, Woes, Skewville and Brendan Monroe. Some of them were paired with or painted alongside the host talents like Reach, Mr. Ogay, Colasa Seazk, Saym Dabs, and Bobo.

Seazk POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014. (Photo © Reach)

Seazk at work. POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014. (Photo © Kendar Chen)

Woes Martin and The Yok. POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014. (Photo © Bana Chen)

Kristin Farr at work. POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014. (Photo © Kendar Chen)

Kristin Farr. Detail. POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014. (Photo © Pow! Wow! Taiwan 2014)

Reach at work. POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014. (Photo © Bana Chen)

Apex. POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014. (Photo © Bana Chen)

Apex. POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014. (Photo © Reach)

Xue at work. POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014. (Photo © Bana Chen)

Smoky at work. POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014. (Photo © Bana Chen)

Smoky. POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014. (Photo © Pow! Wow! Taiwan 2014)

Debe at work. POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014. (Photo © Kendar Chen)

Will Barras at work. POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014. (Photo © Kendar Chen)

Mr. Ogay at work. POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014. (Photo © Bana Chen)

James Jean at work. POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014. (Photo © Kendar Chen)

Chou Yi at work. POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014. (Photo © Kendar Chen)

Group photo of the participating artists. POW! WOW! Taiwan 2014. (Photo © Kendar Chen)

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More Pow! Wow! Hits as Picked by Martha in Hawaii (Part II)

February 25, 2014 Artists

Today we jump right in to the warm Honolulu waters for a swim before padding barefoot up to the painted walls of Pow! Wow! where photographer Martha Cooper is waiting camera in hand and looking for a fly swatter to smack down a camera drone that is buzzing around her head and getting in the way of her shots.

Here’s part deux of some of Ms. Cooper’s pics from PW 2014, beginning with an aquatic version of the sort of poker-playing canines popularized by illustrationist and painter Cassius Marcellus Coolidge about a hundred years ago that still persist in the offices of law firms and investment banks today. This large scale variation is by street humorist Ron English.

High stakes in Hawaii. Ron English takes a gamble at Pow! Wow! (photo © Martha Cooper)

“Ron English painted marine animals playing poker. His brother-in-law who lives in Hawaii (I think) had been begging for this wall for a long time so Ron finally did it,” says Martha.

Trav MSK at work on his wall. (photo © Martha Cooper)

Wayne White working on his sculpture/mask. (photo © Martha Cooper)

Wayne White in his Elvis mask with Trav MSK doing the backup singing. (photo © Martha Cooper)

Know Hope has painted himself into a corner (photo © Martha Cooper)

123 Klan in action. (photo © Martha Cooper)

Brenden Monroe (photo © Martha Cooper)

We think it is possible that REKA was really influenced by his wardrobe when choosing the palette for his wall. (photo © Martha Cooper)

REKA at work on his wall. (photo © Martha Cooper)

“One of the craziest things I saw was the use of camera drones operated by remote control. There were a couple and they could fly high or swoop down to shoot.” -MC

“Not everyone loves Pow!Wow!–an anti-PW poster here: Although it is not clear what the specific objections are”- MC (photo © Martha Cooper)

Our special thanks to Martha Cooper for sharing her images with BSA readers.

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