BROOKLYN STREET ART LOVES YOU MORE EVERY DAY
Wandering along a footpath under the elevated street in Beijing these days you are likely to find the same sort of graffiti tags, wildstyle burners and stenciled celebrities that you discover in so-called Western city graffiti/Street Art scenes.
Of course the language and tags are likely in Chinese and the honored pop culture figures are more likely to be Chinese film stars, like this new digitized stencil by Street Artist 0907 of Hongshen Jia (贾宏声).
0907. Hongshen Jia. Beijing, China. (photo © 0907)
“He is my favorite Chinese film actor and he is a legendary actor in China,” the artist tells us. On the Wikipedia page about the actor it says, “His performances were praised by critics and he developed a rebellious image that made him popular among artistic youth and the “Sixth Generation” of Chinese directors.[1][2]” Struggling with addiction many times, he took his own life in 2010 and he is also slowly transforming into a kind of folk hero for some.
0907. Hongshen Jia. Beijing, China. (photo © 0907)
0907. Hongshen Jia. Beijing, China. (photo © 0907)
0907. Hongshen Jia. Beijing, China. (photo © 0907)
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