20 January 2010
Zevs in Hong Kong
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z8BG8v4sZnk
In the aftermath of street artist Zevs' "liquidation" of Giorgio Armani's store in Central this week, the Frenchman has had to deal with his arrest and subsequent court case in which he pleaded guilty to one count of criminal damage.
Representatives of Giorgio Armani demanded nearly HK$6.7 million in damages. They say because they could not remove the paint from the store's facade because of its sandstone nature. Zevs said he deliberately used a water-based paint that ought to have been easily removable. But professional cleaners hired by Armani claim otherwise.
The case has been adjourned till 14th August pending both sides' assessment of the damage. Without prior knowledge to his planned stunt, the Post interviewed Zevs days before the incident and introduced us to some of his previous art work.
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Interview
http://artradarasia.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/street-artist-zevs-detained-in-hong-kong-for-defacing-chanel-logo-interview/
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the exhibition was at
Art Statements Gallery
G/F, 5 Mee Lun Street
Central, Hong Kong
http://www.artstatements.com/index.php
Zevs' artist page at the gallery
http://www.artstatements.com/artist_dtl.php?id=55
"ZEVS was arrested by the police in Hong Kong during the night of July 13th after having affixed a giant Chanel sticker on the Armani building wall and liquidated it with black water paint. Armani claimed first that the cost of damage was HK$6.8mio. The artist was forced to hand over his passport and stay in Hong Kong until August 14th, judgement day. In the meantime ZEVS is trying to clean the wall with the expertise of a company in Denmark with a Karcher and some special chemicals. "
Zevs' website
http://www.gzzglz.com/
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