Mumbai street artist Tyler on his stencil becoming a protest symbol at Jantar Mantar
Unless you have been living under a rock in India, it is likely that you might have encountered a barrage of memes, posters, and art created by Gen Z protesters, showcasing their dissent against the NEET examination paper leak. Behind this poster is Tyler Street Art, often known as Mumbai’s Banksy, who uses graffiti as the intended medium, to make art that matters to the public today.ALSO WATCH Can the Cockroach Janta Party spark India’s Gen Z revolution? | Insight India“Street art has always been more than decoration. It gives ordinary people a visual language to question authority, challenge dominant narratives and reclaim public space,” they say in an anonymous interview.
- ▪Unless you have been living under a rock in India, it is likely that you might have encountered a barrage of memes, posters, and art created by Gen Z protesters, showcasing their dissent against the NEET examination paper leak.
- ▪Behind this poster is Tyler Street Art, often known as Mumbai’s Banksy, who uses graffiti as the intended medium, to make art that matters to the public today.ALSO WATCH Can the Cockroach Janta Party spark India’s Gen Z revolution? | Insigh
- ▪It gives ordinary people a visual language to question authority, challenge dominant narratives and reclaim public space,” they say in an anonymous interview.
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Unless you have been living under a rock in India, it is likely that you might have encountered a barrage of memes, posters, and art created by Gen Z protesters, showcasing their dissent against the NEET examination paper leak. Although spearheaded by the Cockroach Janata Party, protestors from across the country have been turning to art to find a medium to express their discontentment with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi.Popular among them is a stencil of Modi flanked by industrialists Gautam Adani and Mukesh Ambani. The two can be seen kissing the PM.
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