Will St Leger

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

Career

St Leger's stencils are humorous and sometimes surreal fusion of icons, events and images from popular culture. Previously a graphic designer [http://www.indymedia.ie/article/73881"Artivism"] Indymedia.ie. Retrieved April 21, 2007] and former Greenpeace activist [ [http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/node/2943 "Interview with a Stop Esso activist"] greenpeace.org.uk Retrieved April 21, 2007] St Leger refers to himself as a artivist.

Art Intervention

'Landmine Trail': On Sunday 1st April, 2007. he placed 100 fake 'landmines' made from stenciled enemal plates in five parks around Dublin, Ireland. [ [http://www.woostercollective.com/ "100 Landmines in Dublin"] . woostercollective.com. Retrieved April 21, 2007] ["Landmine Trail". Retrieved April 21, 2007] 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 during Dublin Fringe Festival, St Leger created an exhibition where guests were permitted to 'steal' the art on display at the sound of a security alarm.

'Bertie cash giveaway': On 31st 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. [ [http://www.independent.ie/national-news/mahon-tribunal/taoiseach-steps-up-court-bid-to-block-tribunal-1333759.html"] . The Irish Independent. Retrieved April 1st, 2008] . The artist stated 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

References

External links

* [http://www.willsaint.com Will St Leger official web site]