Dutch stencil artist 'FAKE!' is riddling the streets of Amsterdam with eye-catching sexual, religious and political designs.
Perhaps shock value in Amsterdam is different than in North America, as the splashes of semi-nudity and religious deities in FAKE!'s work seem to be quickly launching his designs to fame.
Occasionally, Stencil Artist FAKE! will create a pop culture piece, usually with the use of edgy humor. However, his favorites so far seem to include Hindu Goddess Vishnu and a nude Kate Moss.
Scandalous Stencil Art
Dutch Stencil Artist FAKE! Does Eye-Catching Street Art
Trend Themes
1. Eye-catching Street Art - Combining political, religious and sexual themes to create thought-provoking and visually stimulating designs.
2. Artistic Shock Value - Using taboo and controversial subjects to generate public attention and notoriety.
3. Pop Culture Satires - Using humor and satire to comment on contemporary popular culture and social phenomenon.
Industry Implications
1. Art - There is a disruption to the way art is conventionally produced and consumed with the advent of street art and an increasing overlapp of pop culture into art.
2. Marketing and Advertising - Opportunities for print, video and digital advertising campaigns to benefit from public-awareness-catching stenciled street art and its artist counterparts.
3. Fashion and Design - Niche collaborations between streetwear fashion designers wielding street-art inspired aesthetics to bring an amalgamation of two countercultural worlds.