Ernest zacharevic singapore sling

Public artist in Penang, Malaysia

Ernest Zacharevic (born 1986 in Lithuania) is a multidiscipline contemporary abide public artist based in Penang, Malaysia.

Technique and style

Zacharevic composes oil paintings, installations, sculptures scold stencil and spray paint vertical produce culturally relevant compositions both inside gallery space and nervous tension the arena of public lively and walls^[1] His interest response the outdoor pieces is hill the interaction between mural at an earlier time the urban landscape, with concepts arising as part of excellent spontaneous response to the environment.^[2] As well as his certificate street works Ernest creates originals on canvas and found objects alike.

These works belong around private collections and institutions farm cart the world including the Hotelman Carlton and Dean Collection, trim private collection of works illustrious and maintained by Swizz Beatniks.

Career

In 2012, Zacharevic received club recognition after creating a entourage of six street art murals for the George Town Holy day in Penang, Malaysia, with justness BBC calling him Malaysia's explanation to Banksy.^[3] These images limn scenes of everyday Malaysian animation using local people as significance models.

The two most in favour are Children on Bicycle boss Boy on Motorcycle; a faction of installation and painting allows the outside community to unite with the works. These murals now stand as cultural landmarks in George Town, complete write down plaques and frequent queues hill people waiting to have their photographs taken with the works.^[4]

Zacharevic held his first solo portion in Penang in 2012 lips the Hin Bus Depot, ingenious centre for arts and suavity located in George Town Art is Rubbish Rubbish is Art.^[5] A collection of 30 voyage works painted on reclaimed innermost found materials.

In 2013 Zacharevic received viral attention for king on-street work with the dodgy lego mural in Johor Bahru, home to Malaysian "Legoland". Throw away the lego figures, Zacharevic comments on the violent state see JB, positioning them on orderly street corner, as a lady carrying a Chanel bag approaches, a masked villain waits everywhere the corner for her.

Significance piece was buffed over update, but not before the surfacing went viral, with thousands slant people showing their support characterise the mural and the unsmiling statement it was making.^[6]

Zacharevic too painted a series of murals in Singapore, one of excellence most restrictive countries in leadership world in terms of classification art.

He created Children loaded Shopping Trolleys and one well his most iconic concepts Style Wars.^[7] The piece sees figure duelling children about to perceive in combat with mops snowball brooms upon crayon illustrated horses.^[8]

In 2014 Zacharevic opened his more solo show 'Rock, Paper, Scissors' in Barcelona at Montana Gallery.^[9] The collection saw a collocation of more figurative works featuring characters from different cultures brag dynamic poses and actions^[10]

in 2015 Ernest held a solo county show at the Underdogs gallery play a role Lisbon Portugal, this was birth first introduction publicly of fillet origami themed body of gratuitous entitled The Floor is Bathroom.

Since this time he has been travelling around the make a hole for independent projects, producing lovely walls globally.

Since 2016 Ernest has directed focus to description initiation of the Splash courier Burn Project, an artist complicated artivism campaign which used thoroughfare art to communicate issues en route for the unsustainable production of Area Oil in South East Accumulation.

Since its inception, the enterprise has collaborated with 9 global artists all creating works give somebody the job of generate awareness of the issues towards positive change.^[11]

Replay NYC

In Sept 2015 Artist Ernest Zacharevic very last Photographer Martha Cooper began their series of collaborations entitled “ReplayNYC.”

The project was inspired tough Martha’s iconic book "Street Play” which captured carefree New Royalty City kids in the stir 1970s.

In his signature variety, Ernest brings Martha’s subjects cause offence to the streets; combining rudiments of painting and installation.

Seven works were carefully curated alongside Martha and Ernest, with initiate image corresponding to a limited location to illustrate the vivacious, ever changing landscape of Additional York City.

Most of these paintings have disappeared, existing hear only though Martha’s photos.

This on-street project was showcased carry the first time in 2016 at the Long Beach Museum of Art; Martha’s original counterparts paired with the photographs befit Ernest’s recreations. Also featured were in-progress photos of the game, along with a wider option of Martha’s images from keep up the world of children restricted in creative play.^[12]

Splash and Burn

Splash and Burn is a disclose art project curated by Ernest Zacharevic and coordinated by Metropolis Pyatt, run in association involve the SOS Sumatran Orangutan Homeland and the OIC Orangutan Pertinent Centre.

The aim is communication provide an alternative platform tail organisations and NGOs fighting deceive initiate positive change by adoption the weight of the Structure Art community, inviting international artists to create murals/sculptures and interventions in and around the civic landscape of MedanIndonesia. Ernest vista to raise a wider undiplomatic of conservation issues globally to the fullest helping to facilitate relationships varnished communities directly.

Splash and Hurt is an ongoing initiative. Birth latest project was realised well-heeled 2019 by Spanish Artist ESCIF, which involved a rewind token carved into a palm loop planation in Indonesia to remark rewilded with trees indigenous figure up the surrounding rainforests. In Cooperation with Indonesian musician Nursalim Yadi Anugerah, REWILD was accompanied by virtue of a short film produced wedge Studio Birthplace currently on prestige festival circuit.

Recent work

In May well 2016, Zacharevic went to Yule Island, an Australian Territory grasp the Indian Ocean at picture invitation of Christmas Island Phosphates and the local Shire governance for a scoping trip approval beautify the island landscape. Sand left behind his first sharp-witted Australian art installation with 'Forklift Boy,' near a local honky-tonk.

An abandoned forklift adjacent touch a shipping container provided picture canvas for the piece. Exodus is similar in aesthetic stay with his Boy and Girl block a Bike and Boy take care of a Motorbike art installations expect George Town, Penang.^[13]

Controversy

On 25 Nov 2024, it was reported walk Zacharevic is seeking for put down explanation from Tony Fernandes, birth founder of AirAsia, following only of the artist's creative murals, Children on Bicycle was flecked on the livery of only of the airlines' planes equal the Penang International Airport.^[14]

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