Under the curatorial direction of Staten Island-born actor, producer, artist and spiritual advisor Gano Grills, a new mural has surfaced in the Wu-Tang Clan District in the Park Hill neighborhood of Clifton, Staten Island. Honoring Wu-Tang Clan visionary co-founder Oliver “Power” Grant who died earlier this year following a battle with pancreatic cancer, it features the talents of Gano, Austin Sepulveda, John Echo and Will Power.
Featured above is Gano at work. More images captured last week in Park Hill follow:
Gano, closer-up
Texas-based muralist Austin Sepulveda‘s portrait of Oliver “Power” Grant
Staten Island-based veteran graffiti writer and tattooist John Echo and Texas-based Austin Sepulveda, Wu-Tang hand gesture
Will Power at work on a younger version of Oliver “Power” Grant
Will Power‘s completed mural
Photo credits: 1, 3, & 5 Lois Stavsky; 2 & 4 Tara Murray; and 6 Will Power; special thanks to Will Power for sharing the mural’s backstory with us.
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