my love for you is a stampede of horses.

VIDEO: Steve ESPO Powers

Steve Powers talks about Love Letter to Brooklyn and so much more to Vice Magazine in their Art Talk series. "And some of it is just trying to paint some really fly pick up lines..."

You can hear a podcast I did with Mr. Powers last year right here.

New Podcast Series: Steve ESPO Powers.

I've toyed with the idea over the past few years of doing a podcast series -- but honestly never found the time to nail it down. But push came to shove a few weeks ago when I was given the opportunity to sit down with graffiti writer and artist Steve Powers. He had come into SF to set up for Sign Your Life Away at Guerrero Gallery and was only going to be in town for a little over two days. So I figured, no time like the present to begin a series I had only given minimal thought to.

I joined Steve and his sister, Maria, for pizza at a noisy bar in the Mission as he took a break from preparing for the show. Although the recording is a little rough and noisy in the backgroud I think you'll find that the converstaion was worth polishing (with my crash course podcast skills) and posting regardless of the noisy bar patrons. We cover a wide range of topics from his youth in Philadelphia to his feelings around graffiti as a crime to having community as an artist. It's a broad convo, but one that I was delighted to be a part of. It was really inspiring to sit down with Steve and hear so much about his history and thoughts around art -- I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

You can listen to the podcast here:

My Love for You Podcast - Steve 'ESPO' Powers

I should have it up on iTunes in the coming week. The images you see here are of Sign Your Life Away at Guerrero Gallery that closes July 9th, 2011.

 

Here's a list of some of the references that were made in the confab:

Charles Addams - Cartoonist.
Roz Chast  - Cartoonist.
Margaret Kilgallen - Artist.
Dash Snow - Artist.
Steve Power's TED Talk - Powers gave a talk in Philadelphia for TEDxPhilly.
Revok - Graffiti writer and artist.
On the Go Magazine  - magazine from the 90's, Powers was editor and publisher.
MOCA show - Art in the Streets show curated by MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch and Associate Curators Roger Gastman and Aaron Rose.
RAMM:ELL:ZEE room at the Moca - Tribute to graffiti write RAMM:ELL:ZEE at the MOCA show
Swoon - Street artist and activist.
Os Gemeos - Twin brothers, gaffiti writers and artist, live in Brazil.
Love Letter Brooklyn - Powers' upcoming project, which grew out of his original project A Love Letter For You. 
Metaltating - Powers' drawing a day.

Steve ESPO Powers

New Bohemia Signs & Jeff Canham: FREE pt II

Pictures from FREE, a night of sign painting at Guerrero Gallery with New Bohemia Signs and Jeff Canham -- if you showed up with a saying with the word 'FREE' in it you got a sign painted for you. Super sweet! It was hard to narrow down what I wanted but I eventually asked for 'Free Love', seemed appropriate. Happy 4th everyone! I'll be back next week with not one, but two podcasts. - meighan

Jeff Canham with Ken Davis in the background.

Caitlyn Galloway & Candice Obayashi.

My FREE piece by Caitlyn Galloway. It's fair to say I love it. ;)

New Bohemia Signs & Jeff Canham: FREE.

This Tuesday (June 28th, 2011), Guerrero Gallery will be hosting a night of free art. You read that correctly. New Bohemia Signs and Jeff Canham will be doing a "FREE" live demonstration open to the public. You'll be able to walk away with signs painted by Jeff and the crew from New Bohemia, as long as the works include the word "FREE". Get clever and come ready with a word.

These pics are from the install and opening of Sign Your Life Away which runs through July 09, 2011. "FREE" is in conjunction with the show. Get 'em while they're hot!

Preview: Sign Your Life Away.

I swung by Guerrero Gallery tonight last night to get a sneak peek of 'Sign Your Life Away', the upcoming show featuring Steve Powers, Jeff Canham and New Bohemia Signs. All contemporary sign painters and artists in their own right, it's going to be a good looking show. Here's a little teaser for you. 

Also, on a side note, this weekend is killing it for shows. Hopefully I'll get to most of them and have pics next week. Fingers crossed. Some of the shows along with Sign Your Life Away are Fecal Face - Mel Kadel and Travis Millard, Fifty24SF - Swampdonkey, White Walls - Adam Caldwell and Jonathan Darby, The Shooting Gallery - Aaron Nagel, Marx & Zavattero - Sea Change: The 10th Anniversary Exhibition.

New Bohemia Signs (top and above)

Jeff Canham

Andres hanging signs.

New Bohemia Signs

Steve Powers in progress.