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Vhils and friends in Honolulu

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below: Wall of street art on a building in the Kaka’ako district.

three pieces of street art across the back of a long, low building, palm trees in front, cars parked in front

below: This portrait of a man is by Portuguese artist Vhils (aka Alexandre Farto).  Vhils is known for his unique “scratching the surface” technique, which involves carving, drilling, and chipping away at layers of plaster, posters, and dirt on walls to create images. The mural was created as part of the annual POW! WOW! street art festival in 2014.

portrait of a man, by Vhils, picture made by chipping away at the concrete to reveal different layers with different shades of grey

below: Paradise and Beyond is written on the large mural in the middle but I think that the title is actually “A Big Wave”. Also written is Melón which refers to the artist MelonJames & Co. (with a shout out to alohabohs – aka Mike). This was painted in 2020, also as a POW!WOW! piece.

two street art pieces, on right is portrait by Vhils and on leftis abstract in blue, yellow and black, by alohabohs and oldboy melon

part of "A Big Wave", a mural by Melon James in Honolulu

below: A tall tree on yellow.

street art painting of a tree, very tall with some leaves, on a bright yellow background.

below: In the shadows to the left of the tree, is a door that has been boarded up and covered with Mickey Mouse-ish images. The headline on the poster in the window reads Congrats Hawai’i, Give Yourself a Hi-5. There is then a lot of text that I can’t read.

boarded up glass door covered with mickey mouse and minnie mouse images, some with giant eyeball oozing instead of a head

portion of boarded up glass door covered with mickey mouse and minnie mouse images, some with giant eyeball oozing instead of a head, with pull sign with chinese alphabet characters

Photos taken July 2025