Edward von Lõngus

"Cannabeard and witch-hunter" (2014) next the building of Supreme Court of Estonia.
"The naked emperor", that went up before the Estonian parliamentary election in 2015 and caused a lot of stir.[1]

Edward von Lõngus in an Estonian stencil artist based in Tartu. His works have gotten attention from media and art critics, been presented in art exhibitions and sold in art auctions.[2]

He has been compared to Banksy[3] because of the style of his works, that often include political and social commentary, use of stencils and unknown identity.

He received the Tartu City Culture Award in 2014 for his work "Cannabeard and witch-hunter", that takes Estonian children book character Sammalhabe ("Mossbeard") and manipulates it to produce a social-critical work about the war on drugs.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Kesklinna valitsus võitleb tänavakunstnikuga" ERR Kultuur, April 7, 2015
  2. ↑ Hendrik Alla. "Skandaalne «Alasti keiser» läheb koos teiste kunstitöödega enampakkumisele" Postimees Kultuur, May 19, 2015
  3. ↑ "Eesti Banksy Edward von Lõngus tegutseb ka Tallinnas" elu24, May 15, 2015
  4. ↑ "Tartu linn tunnustas kultuuripreemiatega loovisikuid ja sündmusi" Tartu Üliõpilasmaja, February 19, 2014
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