Exhibtion - 1st – 28th February 2006
Artist and activist, Will St. Leger begins an exhibition of stencil art entitled
‘Artivism’ from the 1st – 28th February 2006 at The Front Lounge, Parliament
Street, Dublin 2
St. Leger’s work is a humorous and sometimes surreal fusion of icons, events and images from popular culture stencilled on canvas in limited editions.
As a designer, Will worked in London from the mid-nineties on many brands
including work on Beck’s Futures art prize. He’s produced six limited edition
Beck’s bottles working alongside artists such as Tracy Emin and Damien Hirst.
As an activist, He has been on the front line of many direct actions with
environmental group Greenpeace and designed some of their subvertising
campaigns against oil companies, nuclear power operators and illegal loggers.
Will has written diaries of his subvertising for magazines The Face and Dazed &
Confused.