French graffiti artist JR first came to prominence when one of his pieces of «pervasive art» — large photo - prints he hangs or pastes around the streets — appeared in the background of footage from the 2005 Paris riots.
With Switzerland being the guest of honour at Art Paris Art Fair (covered here), the Swiss Kolly Gallery focuses on the universe of
French graffiti artist Tilt by dedicating a Solo Show.
Plus: Eugene Rogolsky donates 700 works of art to University of Southern California
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Not exact matches
DUBUFFET DRAWINGS, 1935 - 1962 The first museum retrospective of drawings by Jean Dubuffet (1901 - 85), the
French artist who was inspired by
graffiti, children's art and what has come to be called Outsider Art — in his words, Art Brut.
«In the mid-1940s,
French artist Jean Dubuffet (1901 — 1985) shocked the art establishment with his paintings inspired by children's drawings,
graffiti, and the art of psychiatric patients.
Legendary
French street
artist Xavier Prou, best known under his famous pseudonym, Blek le Rat and widely recognized as the «Father of stencil
graffiti» is having a New York City
artist residency at the super chic and cool hotel The Quin on West 57th Street.
Fafi is a
French street
artist, recognized for her unique
graffiti style depicting sexy, funny, voluptuous girl characters in her made up world.
Self - taught
French artist Lou Ros launched his career on the streets of Paris at the tender age of 17 when he would go around tagging walls and creating bespoke
graffiti art.
Other featured
artists include the
French illustrator and
graffiti artist Bault, the American muralist Zio Ziegler, and the Japanese painter Fuco Ueda.
A record 163 million euros ($ 224 million) was paid for works by the New York former
graffiti -
artist at public sales in the first half of 2013 and values have risen 500 percent over the last decade, according to the
French database artprice.com.
At the Leila Heller Gallery one of Zenderoudi's paintings from 1981 is juxtaposed with works by Cy Twombly, Jean Dubuffet, and eL Seed, the
French - Tunisian
graffiti artist.
Over the years a lot of talented
Graffiti artist from all over the world have come to paint, from Swedish writer Finsta to
French writers Dezer, Keflione, Migwel, Rock, Posh, Seth, Boogie & Kid etc have all come and left their designs / marks / stories in the streets of Mumbai giving locals something to smile about.