{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Street Art Cities","provider_url":"https://streetartcities.com","title":"Cartoons for Big Kids by Wongi 'Freak' Wilson","description":"Location: Spring Street (large electrical box to left of carpark entrance)Take a walk around all four sides of this work. Which characters do you recognise?Artist Wongi Wilson says he aims to bring nostalgia and joy to ‘big kids’ - whether it’s the playful anime and comic characters or the recognisable faces from 1980s and 90s cartoons, he hopes the ‘feel good’ emotions will be hard to deny. Have a closer look and you will see Wongi has grouped the characters together according to colour, giving the viewer a changing colour-pop of surprise as they view each wall. From Snagglepuss to Hong Kong Phooey, street artist Wongi Wilson celebrates all things cartoon in this multi-sided mural.Wongi's interest in graffiti developed at a young age and he has watched the art form grow from virtual non-existence to a blossoming creative influence across New Zealand. The versatility of his pop culture references, characters and photo-realism are all elements which make Wongi’s work unique and recognisable. Of Cartoons for Big Kids, he says, “I’m hoping it’ll appeal to a large age range and encourage the viewer to fully reminisce about their favourite childhood characters, as well as feel how they would have way back when.”Information from: https://cityartwalktga.stqry.app/1/tour/6885/item","author_name":"Keren Harris","author_url":"https://streetartcities.com/users/e43cfcf8-9762-414a-981b-30fe859ecc3d","thumbnail_url":"https://streetart.media/b/bf27f458-8162-4397-b97d-020b4f2a9788/1024.jpg","thumbnail_width":1024,"width":480,"height":480,"html":"","cache_age":3600}