Only in Hong Kong 2

Saturday, 19. April 2008, 07:27:28

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Le grand peintre chinois Pang Jun s'est fait déloger par la police de Hongkong alors qu'il peignait en pleine rue dans le quartier de Central, sous prétexte de "gêner la circulation".
Furieux, il a déclaré par la suite que de tous les pays dans lesquels il a voyagé pour peindre, Hong Kong était la seule ville où il s'était vu interdire de peindre dans la rue et qu'il n'y remettrait plus jamais les pieds.

english translation:
The famous chinese painter Pang Jun was pushed away by the Hongkong police when painting in the streets in Central, because he was "blocking the pedestrains traffic".
Angry, he said that Hongkong was the only country he visited that forbid him to paint, and that he'll never come back in HK.

Allright, let's get him on "three"...
Steadyyyy... one... two...

Only in Hong KongStarbeurks.

Comments

A few Waiyim's artist friends confirm: they were confronted to the same situation.
But it seems that the police won't bother Occidentals artists with as much zele.
Good for me!

By pfelelep, # 19. April 2008, 07:28:33

hmmmm...didn't realise that the police were so strict in HK...maybe he was painting them in a bad light?

By hungryghost, # 20. April 2008, 02:15:29

The artistis create such a nice atmosphere, in my city there is a plaza where they meet every sunday, to paint and sell paintings, it became a tourist attraction already.

By Yorch, # 20. April 2008, 18:37:46

Comme dans le post précédent, si la police ne sait pas plus ce qu'est l'art ni meme un artiste, imagine leur stupeur de découvrir un gars armé d'un pinceau et d'une boite de peinture a un coin de rue ! la trouille qu'ils ont du avoir !
Le vieux coup de flip ! la trouille de leur vie ! alerte rouge, les extraterrestres ont débarqués !

By auré, # 21. April 2008, 00:53:55

Salauds d'artistes ! Tous des anarchistes aux cheveux longs de toutes façons ...

By jutax, # 21. April 2008, 09:39:40

@hungry: police is just doing her job, I'm afraid. And what kind of job when they also arrest old people selling cakes or cheap stuff to earn a bit of money they really need.

anyway, as a french guy, I'm naturally born police-disliker.