The ‘Rubbish Artist’ who wants to help save the world

Save our planet: Bordalo spent two weeks creating a large sculpture of the critically endangered Sumatran tiger at Gardens By The Bay. — The Straits Times/ANN

AT a luncheon hosted by UBS for delegates of the World Cities Summit at Marina Bay Sands earlier this week, security personnel stopped Artur Bordalo from entering the event hall.

They were convinced the curly-haired man – wearing shorts and a T-shirt which did nothing to conceal his multiple tattoos – was a gatecrasher.