Post-it art
A WANDERING artist is giving Singaporeans ‘art for thought’ on quirky, enigmatic ‘Post-it’ notes plastered all over the island.
Each piece of art is drawn on the ubiquitous yellow, rectangular sticky paper found sticking out of textbooks, on work desks and in office supply stores.
The modus operandi of the anonymous artist (or maybe there is more than one of them) is simple: Every day, he (or she) sticks up one drawing in a public area.
A photo is taken of it and uploaded on a blog. Updates are posted on the artist’s Facebook and Twitter accounts.
The jury is still out on what the artist’s point really is. The art is interesting but not exactly original. Most ’slogans’ are cliches, such as ‘Keep your chin up’, ‘The glass is half-full’ and ‘Dare to fail’.
But there is a quirkiness to it that the public might find refreshing. For example, ‘Keep your chin up’, or #23, is stuck on a human sculpture near Clarke Quay that has no chin.
Another, ‘Stand for something’, is pasted in an MRT train next to a priority seat for pregnant women or the elderly.
It will take a sense of humour to appreciate it. After all, more straight-laced Singaporeans might mistake the artist for a litterbug, or worse, a vandal.
He is certainly popular among the Net-savvy. Since venturing into what he calls ‘temporary graffiti’ in January, he has recruited more than 300 fans on both his Twitter and Facebook accounts.
Comments left behind by fans include ‘This rocks’, ‘This is great’, and, from one overseas teen: ‘Wow, can I take this idea and do it in my country?’
To check out the artist’s daily archive of ‘Post-it’ art, go to
