Growing Up Is For Trees (Books)

He is known as Mr Mucho, Cloudfather, or simply Øivin Horvei. The norwegian graffiti writer who first met a bigger public in the book Overground has been active for twenty years and in the book Growing Up Is For Trees his world of art is presented for the first time. With influenes from Kandinsky, Tove Jansson, Indian ads, Aboriginal art, jazz and graffiti Horvei makes himself visible in the lways ongoing sound of the big city. In the midst of Concrete, Kebab and Neon his art shimmers and gives the city an extra dimension. The paintings, motorized sculptures and robots, films and obejcts wakens the child in all of us. Growing Up Is for Trees is a well made presentation of one of the most original graffiti writers on the Scandinavian scene.