It took 3 years of haggling with *SCAPE, but the enigmatic face of Shepard Fairey’s Andre The Giant is looking down on Singapore for the first time from the wall at Youth Park, until March 2010 (barring acts of God and vandals).
It’s an awesomely long wall, and installation is still ongoing, but in the next [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Street Art’
December 8, 2009
Andre The Giant Gets A Singapore Visa
December 6, 2009
Streets of KL
We were in KL a couple of weeks ago. It’s much prettier than I’m making it out to be.
pics by creativespark – an ongoing series of experiments with the camera in my phone.
November 27, 2009
If Raffles Had A Spraycan
Who knew Street Art meets Singapore Nostalgia could be so retro-edgy?
These are from a stencil and freehand live graffiti showcase by slacsatu and clogtwo from ZincNite Crew for the National Heritage Board’s I Heart Museums roadshow.
I think ZNC are tha bomb, and their work around Youth Park bleeps like a beacon of life in an [...]
October 20, 2009
Coworking, Public Spaces and Sniff
This is SNIFF, an interactive work by Karolina Sobecka and Jim George.
“As you walk down the street you are approached by a dog. He is on his guard trying to discern your intentions. He will follow you and interpret your gestures as friendly or aggressive. He will try to engage you in a relationship and [...]
August 13, 2009
Shepard Fairey at Studio No. 2
One of the highlights of my recent trip to the US was a Shepard Fairey 20-year retrospective at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston.
I had a vague understanding of what the Obey work was about before I visited, but seeing its evolution filled me with respect for his vision and discipline, not to mention [...]
June 17, 2009
Andre The Giant Does Boston
There’s a truly awesome Shepard Fairey retrospective at ICA in Boston until August 16, and even more fun playing “spot the Andre” around town. Lots of Obey paste-ups to be found if you’re looking.
pics by creativespark
February 22, 2009
Shepard Fairey, The Obama Poster and Cut And Paste Creativity
The spotlight swung to the work of Shepard Fairey this month for all the wrong reasons. He’s an intriguing mix of fine artist, street artist, business person and showman. A bit of a modern day shaman for the art world, very different from Damien Hirst and Jeff Koons, but you could lump them together for [...]
