Will St Leger

Will St Leger is a street artist/artivist living in Dublin Ireland.

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Career

St Leger's stencils are humorous and sometimes surreal fusion of icons, events and images from popular culture. Previously a graphic designer[1] and former Greenpeace activist[2]

Art Intervention

'Landmine Trail': On Sunday 1 April 2007. he placed 100 fake 'landmines' made from stenciled enemal plates in five parks around Dublin, Ireland.[3][4] In an interview with Wooster Collective he said, "The reason for doing this was to get people asking themselves, 'what if the world I walked in was littered with landmines?'"

'Art Raid': In 2007, St Leger premiered an exhibition at Dublin Fringe Festival where guests were permitted to 'steal' the art on display at the sound of a security alarm.[5]

'Bertie cash giveaway': On 31 March 2008. St Leger placed £50,000 worth of fake 'Bertie' bills depicting Irish Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern on the statue of Molly Malone in Dublin, Ireland.[6] The artist claimed that the money which also depicts a excavator tipping Celtic art into a waste skip were in protest to the N3 road's incursion of the Hill of Tara.

Solo Shows

Artivism, February 2006
Celebrity Guns & Ammo, April 2007
Art Raid, September 2007/April 2008
Antics Rogue Show, September 2008[7]
Bluetooth Fairy, November 2009[8]

References

  1. ^ "Artivism" Indymedia.ie. Retrieved April 21, 2007
  2. ^ "Interview with a Stop Esso activist" greenpeace.org.uk Retrieved April 21, 2007
  3. ^ "100 Landmines in Dublin". woostercollective.com. Retrieved April 21, 2007
  4. ^ "Landmine Trail". Retrieved April 21, 2007
  5. ^ "Arches Theatre Festival review" The Scotsman Retrieved March 3, 2009
  6. ^ "Home News" The Irish Independent. Retrieved April 1st, 2008
  7. ^ "Will St Leger" Totally Dublin Retrieved March 3, 2009
  8. ^ "irishstreetart.com" Retrieved November 22, 2010

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