Coachella Walls ’14 / Streets: Andrew Hem

Earlier this month, we brought your attention to a mural that El Mac painted for the Coachella Walls project in the historic Pueblo Viejo area. As noted, the actual city of Coachella does not derive any revenue from the annual music and arts festival and remains a poor farming community. Date Farmers, who call the area their home, curator Medvin Sobio, and the city want to bring attention to this by sponsoring a series of public murals - which brings us to the next wall we want to spotlight from Andrew Hem. The Cambodian artist, who recently had a breakout show in Los Angeles, painted some of his familiar imagery of breakdancing characters in his signature palette.

Discuss Andrew Hem here.