HONG KONG - A FRENCH artist who sprayed a bleeding Chanel logo on one of Hong Kong's most expensive pieces of real estate was ON Friday handed a suspended sentence by a city court.

Christophe Schwarz, who goes by the name Zevs, was given a jail term of two weeks suspended for two years at Hong Kong Eastern Magistrates court after admitting a charge of criminal damage.

The Parisian had daubed a Chanel logo on to the building in the upmarket Central district of Hong Kong in July, although the piece of prime property is better known as the location of a major Armani store.

His signature style, which he calls liquidation, is a logo covered in wet paint, which then drips down a wall creating the effect that the logo is bleeding.

He has previously sprayed his designs on walls in Berlin, New York and Paris, where targets have included McDonald's, Yves St Laurent and Chanel.

His early morning painting in Hong Kong was recorded in a YouTube video, but he was arrested by police a few hours later along with two Hong Kong residents, previous reports have said. -- AFP