Street Art: ADW Guerilla Artist

Irish stencil street artist ADW is an activist who creates politically charged pieces. His stencil is his weapon and his art qualifies him for the title of guerrilla artist. His illegal pieces end up hidden in street corners and often covered up because what he portrays troubles the higher powers. He is to be listed alongside Shepard Fairey in the America and Banksy in the UK as one of the rising “crisis” artists, according to French Blog Rue 89. The artist found the comparison very flattering. “I couldn’t believe that to be honest, it was a complete honnor,” he said. (Read more here)

I originally created the piece to reflect all ‘policing’ forces and the increasing militarisation of these forces employed to uphold the law. I guess the piece was born during the worldwide Occupy movements and the savage handling of the protesters. But the motivations dates back further for me and I often think about the unjust killing of Jean Charles de Menezes, who was mistaken by British police to be a terrorist and shot 8-times in the head at point blank range. The title ‘There is no justice, there’s just us’, was given to me by a friend fit perfectly. So, armed with a history of excessive police force, violence, cover-ups and corruption I set about creating the piece. (Read more here)