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STEPHEN POWERS, better known as ESPO in the art world, is set to open a solo exhibition at Alice Gallery in Brussels. The show will feature several picks from Powers’ already classic body of work, including new renditions of pieces from his ‘Metaltations’ series. The ‘Metaltations’ are inspired by the artist’s frequent epiphanies, and as such are painted quickly – though meticulously – in Powers’ signature pop art-influenced style. Look for the “Visual Blues” Exhibition, premiering at Alice Gallery on May 16.
In Powers’s own words, “I’m in awe of the power and the reach of music. To compete with the majesty of music, I make paintings that are visual blues. I distill my everyday experience into paintings I call Daily Metaltations. They are painted very fast, fresh from the epiphanies that inspired them. The larger paintings draw from those metaltations and go to a deeper understanding of the transactions we make everyday to live our lives.
Steve Powers was born and raised and Philadelphia, then moved to New York City in 1994. After stints as publisher of On the Go Magazine, author of the book The Art Of Getting Over, and full-time graffiti writer, Powers opened his studio in Janurary of 1998. Since then he has shown at The Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, The 49th Venice Bienalle, The Luggage Store in San Francisco, and had his first museum solo show at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in 2007. In 2003, He founded the Dreamland Artist Club and partnered with Creative Time to commission over 45 artists to paint signs and rides in Coney Island. This past summer he returned to Coney Island with Creative Time and opened The Waterboard Thrill Ride. As a 2008 Fulbright Scholar, Powers painted a love story in the streets of Dublin and Belfast. He lives and works in Manhattan.
Alice Gallery
4 Rue du pays de Liege
1000 Brussels
Belgium
More from Steve Powers on www.firstandfifteenth.net.
via hypebeast.com