Stencil graffiti of silenced black leopard goes viral, then mysteriously disappears

[snoop1130]

Stencil graffiti of silenced black leopard goes viral, then mysteriously disappears

By Coconuts Bangkok

 

Photos: Headache Stencil/Facebook

 

Photos of a piece of stencil graffiti featuring a black leopard with a computer’s mute symbol went viral on Saturday, when Headache Stencil, a group of Bangkok-based stencil graffiti artists, posted it on their Facebook page — one day after he completed the controversial artwork.

 

Garnering 41,000 reactions and over 37,500 shares in three days, netizens replaced their profile or cover photos with the artist’s graffiti. Some used hashtags such as #RIPBlackPanther and left raging comments in reference of the headline-making case in which Italian-Thai Development company CEO Premchai Karnasuta is accused of hunting and killing a protected black panther, among other animals, in a Kanchanaburi wildlife sanctuary alongside three friends.

 

The foursome was arrested last month and face many charges related to illegally hunting protected animals.

 

Full Story: https://coconuts.co/bangkok/news/stencil-graffiti-silenced-black-leopard-goes-viral-mysteriously-disappears/

 

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[timendres]

Quality work. Looks painted over (of course).

Maybe someone has a budget for this type of "media management"?

[gamesgplayemail]

Remind be about "King was here" graffiti, I cannot see them anymore.

 

 

[Fish Head Soup]

You can still get the t-shirt though.

 

 

[lamyai3]

This type of graffiti is temporary by it's nature. It only needs to remain in situ for a short period of time for the artist to make their statement -  the real displaying of it takes place in social media. Of course, removing it so quickly and deliberately is a complete own goal, and contributes to considerably higher media exposure.