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\nSTEVE POWERS, ‘ROAMING’, 2007, Enamel on aluminum, 48 x 48 ins\/IMAGE: Courtesy of the artist<\/p>\n
\nSTEVE POWERS, ‘ROAMING’, 2007, Enamel on aluminum, 48 x 48 ins\/IMAGE: Courtesy of the artist<\/p>\n
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\nSTEVE POWERS, ‘HELL RAISER’, 2007, Enamel on aluminum, 24 x 24 ins\/IMAGE: Courtesy of the artist<\/p>\n
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\nSTEVE POWERS, ‘ROAMING’, 2007, Enamel on Aluminum, 48 x 48 ins\/IMAGE: Courtesy of the artist<\/p>\n
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\nSTEVE POWERS, ‘STEPPING RAZOR’, 2007, Enamel on Aluminum, 24 x 24 ins\/IMAGE: Courtesy of the artist<\/p>\n
STEVE POWERS – ‘THE MAGIC WORD’
\nOCTOBER 20, 2007 – JANUARY 27, 2008
\nPENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY of the FINE ARTS
\nMORRIS GALLERY – HISTORIC LANDMARK BUILDING – 118 NORTH BROAD STREET
\nPHILADELPHIA, PA (PENNSYLVANIA)<\/p>\n
HOURS: TUESDAY-SATURDAY: 10am-5pm \/ SUNDAY 11am-5pm<\/p>\n
STEVE POWERS (STEPHEN POWERS) aka ESPO – was born and raised in Phillie’s Overbrook neighborhood. He has resided in New York City since 1995. He mostly uses billboards and storefronts, to create his “illicit outdoor murals” – one of his earliest projects, in NYC – being a huge billboard that seamlessly offered up the invitation to call ‘ESPOLAND’ and gave a phone number. Not all his projects are “illicit” – as well as having served up several exhibits at DEITCH PROJECTS in SOHO, he is perhaps best known, in NYC, for the very legit – collaborative project he dreamed up with CREATIVE TIME, beginning in 2004, and in which he participated and co-curated – the ‘DREAMLAND ARTIST CLUB’ – a “project on CONEY ISLAND AMUSEMENT BOARDWALK in which he and several other artists worked with low-income business owners to improve commercial signage” – making a trip out to Coney Island, a must-see artist destination.
\nAt the same time – STEVE POWERS maintained a small studio out there, in a storefront, right next to the CONEY ISLAND ‘MUSEUM’, a FORTUNE TELLER, some rides, and a POPEYE’S – which he called – the DREAMLAND ARTIST CLUBHOUSE.<\/p>\n
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\n‘I’LL DO A GOOD DEED – I WILL SNUFF OUT EVIL’ – STEVE POWERS at work in his DREAMLAND ARTIST CLUBHOUSE, CONEY ISLAND, JUNE 18, 2005 – PHOTO: NANCY SMITH<\/p>\n
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\nSTEVE POWERS in his DREAMLAND ARTIST CLUBHOUSE, during the 2nd summer of the CREATIVE TIME PROJECT, CONEY ISLAND, JUNE 18, 2005 – PHOTO: NANCY SMITH
\nTHE SLOGAN ON THE EVENT’S POSTER WAS:
\n‘DREAMLAND ARTIST CLUB 2005 & CONEY ISLAND USA REMIND YOU:
\nFAST NICKEL – IS BETTER THAN – SLOW DIME’<\/p>\n
see more pix: DREAMLAND ARTIST CLUB\/CONEY ISLAND 2005<\/a><\/p>\n