Is that how the graffiti hieroglyphic/arabic-like typography come into play?
Well you can actually read it, it’s in English. It says “Truly with hardship comes ease” and these are taken from the Qu ran. And Sandow’s show is based on the Qu’ ran. [note: his new show titled “American Qu’ran” will have their Mihrab installed. It opens September 5th at the Catherine Clark Gallery in San Fransisco and at the Koplin Del Rio gallery in Culver City.] Do you two collaborate a lot, and has your work changed due to these collaborations? It’s more about the idea. My background is more in ceramics and sculpture. It depends on what were working on. The public art commissions are generally murals. So, we pitch them ideas, and since we both come with our specific backgrounds, we set out working together. Your work seems to be urban-based, and you use a lot of graffiti-like typography. Were you a graffiti artist at one point? I grew up in times when it was popular and I had lots of friends who were into it. No, I wouldn’t consider myself a graffiti-person. I was part of that cu
