- April 6, 2004
- Posted by Marc
Profile: HAO
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/>Age: Never grow up…Stay gold.
Hometown:
The bad city of Nanterre (Paris, France)
Where do you live
now?: The bad city of Nanterre (Paris, France)
Where would
you most like to kive?: Hawaii or Tahiti or Easter Island. Back to the
nature, collecting Tiki stuff, drinkin’ cockails with Wahines.
Who
was our first hero in life?: Iron fist (Kung Fu super Hero !), Bruce
Lee (Kung Fu Hero !).
What is your favorite thing to do on your day
off from work?: Sleeping, cuttin’ my new stencils. Walking on the Paris
Streets and discovering new illegal artworks, sticking my kustom stickers
everywhere.
What is your favorite color?: Basic colors
(red, yellow, green, black, white).
Who (or what) do you
love?: My family, my homeboys, 50’s / 60’s fashion, Exotic music, Soul
music, 60’s Ska, Tiki.
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/>Who or what are some of your influences?
Music
influences me the most. 80 % of my artworks have connections with music
(jamaican singers portraits, Tiki with exotic music, provocative paintings with
R’n'R ...).
What other artists do you most admire?
Ed “Big Daddy” Roth (RIP), Rober Williams, The Hot Rod
artists, Coop, The Pizz, Herman Melville (RIP), Blek (see ya man !), Jon 156,
Misstic, Tristan Manco (met him 3 years ago in Paris, cool guy !), Jean-Pierre
(Skanews ‘zine), Josh (Stencil Pirates / God Bless Graffiti Coalition), Sline
(great stencil artist who moved to Guyana, see ya my brother in crime !), MAC
crew, Mark Ryden, Shag….
How would you describe your
art to someone who could not see it?
My artwork
consists to mix different stencils to obtain a coherent painting, like a DJ with
his records. People who said stencil is an easy art , I would like to tell them
: try to realize a nice one before to open your big mouths ! Stencils art
belongs on the streets before all!!
What other talent
would you most like to have?
Playing drum and piano.
When I was younger, my parents were poor, so…
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/>What do you fear the most?
The serious
illness.
What is your greastest ambition?
/>To live by my own art. To hit on the idea of doing a robot who will
cut my stencils !!!!