Walls and fences around construction sites become canvases as the streets of Tainan are turned into an art gallery. As the Pow! Wow! international art festival visited Tainan for the first time, 10 domestic and international graffiti artists gathered to work on the top floor of the Tainan Cultural and Creative Park and the wall behind the building, the ventilation tower platform at Haian Rd., the wall behind the Lanshaitu Creative and Cultural Park and the fence around the designated site for the Museum of Fine Arts. The graffiti art in many different styles stunned Tainan.
The first Pow! Wow! art festival took place in Hawaii five years ago. Once a year, it brings together famous international graffiti artists to decorate the streets of a city in a different country. This year is the first time that the festival has visited Tainan, the last city on a tour that has taken the festival to Tokyo, Taipei and Taichung.
Five Taiwanese and five international artists took part in the festival, which began on Nov. 17, and they finished their work on Nov. 21.
Photo: Liu Wan-chun, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者劉婉君
(Liberty Times, translated by Perry Svensson)
牆壁、工地圍籬當畫布，台南街頭化身藝廊。「Pow!Wow!國際藝術盛會」首度到台南，十名國內外塗鴉大師齊聚，在台南文創園區頂樓及後方牆面、海安路通風塔平台、藍晒圖文創園區後方牆面、美術館預定地圍籬等據點創作，各具風格的塗鴉藝術，驚艷府城。
Photo: Liu Wan-chun, Liberty Times
照片：自由時報記者劉婉君
「Pow!Wow!國際藝術盛會」於五年前自美國夏威夷發起，一年一度串聯國際知名塗鴉大師集會，到各國城市街頭彩繪，今年首度到台南跨國，是繼日本東京、台北、台中之後，亞洲巡迴的最後一個城市。
五位國內藝術家及五位國外藝術家從十七日進駐參與「Pow!Wow!Taiwan!國際藝術盛會」活動，廿一日在各據點完成創作。
(自由時報記者劉婉君)
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