Thursday, April 23, 2009

Singaporean street art

Art is an inseparable part of Singapore. Every people in the country take interest in art and thus different types of artistic expression just flourish here in this country. Street art is also an important aspect as many people are related to this. Also the Singapore government funded stencil art classes for Singaporean junior college and high school students. Street art in Singapore is known as an international art movement but sometime it can be assumed that Singaporeans are not ready to adopt it. Kamal Dollah is an renowned artist in Singapore who also writes in different journals. He is a very enthusiastic man and also tries to teach Singaporean children to teach about shape, colors, form, some soft skills, calligraphy, etc.

It is a question that where we can see the legal street art in Singapore. So I am telling you all the legal walls are provided by a government agency. Government agency actually oversees youth activity. In Singapore you can spray anywhere in the skate park located in Orchard Road. The youth scape park is also open to all to tag. No permit or any application is necessary to do so. Concerts and exhibitions are usually held for youth. Most of the time street artist hang out there and also learn something from each other. Some of the visiting writers from abroad have done their excellent pieces there. You can see some beautiful pieces without any vulgarity at those walls. Artists are serious enough to own their space with magnificent expression of art.

There is also a commercial side of street art in Singapore. Some youth entrepreneurs are here who have tried to commercialize the craft. Haji Lane is a small narrow place with tiny shops where the items are available at reasonable rent. New ideas for label, crew and magazines are also welcome.

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