Stephen "ESPO" Powers is an artist, writer, sign mechanic, and to us, a genius. He has long been at the forefront of the graffiti art world, transforming the medium to both fine art and sign painting, all the while expressing a humor and wit rarely seen in art. With the opening of Stephen Powers: Coney Island Is Still Dreamland (To a Seagull) at the Brooklyn Museum, Carlo McCormick reflects on the past, present, and future of ESPO, and his position in art history.
Also in the February 2016 issue:
The handmade legacy of ICY SIGNS
El-P of Run the Jewels talks band identity
Mark Ryden explains the beauty of math
Austin Lee and soul technoloy
Legendary photographer Julian Wasser and the great checkmate
Matt Leines and flatness as the rule
Black and white ambiance with Jesse Draxler
Erik Parker and the technicolor crisis
Lucas Foglia reenters the great frontiers of America
Allister Lee shows the power of black
Freda Salvador goes handmade
... and we Shop Small and think big around the country...
