Order to Remove Cigarette from Singapore Street Art Mural Prompts Censorship Concerns

A government order centered on a mural in Singapore’s Chinatown has sparked concerns about the censorship of street art.The large mural by Singapore-based multidisciplinary artist Sean Dunston, 50, depicts a Samsui woman holding a lit cigarette. The image is a reference to the young Chinese women who immigrated to the country in the 1920s and the 1940s for industrial jobs. The mural was completed in April.On May 8, Singapore’s Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) told the building&rsq