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.
Key Themes Behind This Trend
- Eye-catching Street Art
- Combining political, religious and sexual themes to create thought-provoking and visually stimulating designs.
- Artistic Shock Value
- Using taboo and controversial subjects to generate public attention and notoriety.
- Pop Culture Satires
- Using humor and satire to comment on contemporary popular culture and social phenomenon.
Where This Applies
- 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.
- Marketing and Advertising
- Opportunities for print, video and digital advertising campaigns to benefit from public-awareness-catching stenciled street art and its artist counterparts.
- Fashion and Design
- Niche collaborations between streetwear fashion designers wielding street-art inspired aesthetics to bring an amalgamation of two countercultural worlds.
