{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Graffiti, Marker \u0026 Spray Cans"],"cover":{"alt":"Stephen Hiam’s Chaos Painting Machine","height":720,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos.jpg","width":1200},"credit":"","date":"2011-11-14T16:46:12Z","description":"Painting with self-made or customized machines, Berlin-based graffiti-inspired artist Stephen Hiam creates crazy abstract artworks by combining paint and chaos! Check him out...","html":"\u003cp\u003eToday I’d like to introduce a graffiti-inspired artist to you, I recently discovered\u0026hellip;\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in London and living in Berlin, \u003cstrong\u003eStephen Hiam\u003c/strong\u003e experiments with spray-paint and chaos and creates in that way crazy abstract artworks. After constructing different drip machines from simple everyday objects, like tin cans, he recently got a \u003cem\u003eMakita BBX7600\u003c/em\u003e (a 4-stroke commercial duty engine) and transformed it into what I would call a semi-automatic \u003cem\u003epaint-vomitter\u003c/em\u003e and what he calls an \u003cem\u003eaerosol organsm\u003c/em\u003e!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDue to I love to see artists experimenting with new, customized techniques and tools, I simply like the resulting pure, dirty and somehow crazy minimalist graffiti paintings.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCheck out \u003ca href=\"http://stephenhiam.com\"\u003ehis website\u003c/a\u003e for more info about Stephen Hiam and his spray-paint chaos!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 2020\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"2020\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"2020\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-chaos_hu_6ac62d20b1be5998.avif 480w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-chaos_hu_830edf5fe0c0f497.avif 960w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-chaos_hu_6c166173b5165fea.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-chaos_hu_61feb1c548372741.webp 480w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-chaos_hu_afb280879c244d58.webp 960w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-chaos_hu_6a3f1edfb0ff9817.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-chaos_hu_7cc42bc5096b84f3.jpg\" srcset=\"/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-chaos_hu_74a135f0100a34f5.jpg 480w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-chaos_hu_3991b7c74ddb538a.jpg 960w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-chaos_hu_7cc42bc5096b84f3.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1581\" alt=\"stephen hiam chaos\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003estephen hiam chaos\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 2028\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"2028\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"2028\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle_hu_25a37500ce5240d8.avif 480w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle_hu_b11c34c1bed2fd9d.avif 960w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle_hu_6f037504a0c82393.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle_hu_ac96f55aab8ba3be.webp 480w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle_hu_5dbfeb4162b180d5.webp 960w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle_hu_96da5f94ac1519fe.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle_hu_d7b41951997dac68.jpg\" srcset=\"/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle_hu_a61316f2377b128e.jpg 480w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle_hu_425b279dc9465bc4.jpg 960w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle_hu_d7b41951997dac68.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1587\" alt=\"stephen hiam circle\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003estephen hiam circle\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 1840px; --image-ratio: 1840 / 1176\" data-source-width=\"1840\" data-source-height=\"1176\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1176\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle-detail_hu_f246d344060e1dd6.avif 480w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle-detail_hu_c3569fe572469a49.avif 960w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle-detail_hu_b4cc8fd1e37b11fd.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle-detail_hu_e1a9000113e4cd09.webp 480w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle-detail_hu_bb6c874e2236a69a.webp 960w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle-detail_hu_96d009d6972750b0.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle-detail_hu_49077fe40a910417.jpg\" srcset=\"/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle-detail_hu_1443ab0c1de021fd.jpg 480w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle-detail_hu_e585b9e1b2715377.jpg 960w, /stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle-detail_hu_49077fe40a910417.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"920\" alt=\"stephen hiam circle detail\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003estephen hiam circle detail\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nToday I’d like to introduce a graffiti-inspired artist to you, I recently discovered...\n\nBorn in London and living in Berlin, **Stephen Hiam** experiments with spray-paint and chaos and creates in that way crazy abstract artworks. After constructing different drip machines from simple everyday objects, like tin cans, he recently got a *Makita BBX7600* (a 4-stroke commercial duty engine) and transformed it into what I would call a semi-automatic *paint-vomitter* and what he calls an *aerosol organsm*!\n\nDue to I love to see artists experimenting with new, customized techniques and tools, I simply like the resulting pure, dirty and somehow crazy minimalist graffiti paintings.\n\nCheck out [his website](http://stephenhiam.com) for more info about Stephen Hiam and his spray-paint chaos!\n\n![stephen hiam chaos](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-chaos.jpg\u003e)\n\nstephen hiam chaos ![stephen hiam circle](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle.jpg\u003e)\n\nstephen hiam circle ![stephen hiam circle detail](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/stephen-hiam-circle-detail.jpg\u003e)\n\nstephen hiam circle detail ","tags":["Abstract Art","Painting","Urban Hacking","Stephen Hiam"],"title":"Stephen Hiam’s Chaos Painting Machine","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/stephen-hiam-spray-paint-chaos/"}