Helen Bur, still a youngster but already an established name in street art, has created portraits in the streets of Ostend before. But this time she received a very special assignment. At the beginning of 2020 it became known that Arno, Ostend rock singer and phenomenon, suffered from pancreatic cancer. That news hit us hard, and that was also the case for The Crystal Ship curator, Bjørn Van Poucke. That’s why the British Helen Bur, known for her dreamy art, paid an impressive tribute to the singer on a wall of the Ostend town hall. The image radiates emotion, and Arno himself, who luckily is now in remission, is immensely pleased with the result: “It gives me a mental erection.”
