Galerie Perrotin‘s flagship location in Paris just launched a range of new works from KAWS in a show entitled, Imaginary Friends, featuring a series of giant Chums and colourful paintings. Continuing its tour after Hong-Kong and New York, a 16-foot KAWS Passing Through Companion welcomes guests at the entrance. The show runs until 22 November.
Further pics of the opening here
Kaws – Imaginary Friends
Galerie Perrotin Paris
3 November – 22 December 2012
For the new season Imaginez l’imaginaire at the prestigious Parisian institution Palais de Tokyo , Jean de Loisy and Akiko Miki invited John Giorno , major figure of New York’s underground scene in the 60′s and of the Beat generation, to adorn four of the freshly renovated building’s walls with his poem paintings.
With the support of Hugo Vitrani, Giorno seized the occasion to confront two of his poem paintings ‘Just say no to family values‘ and ‘A hurricane in a drop of cum‘ to the work of graffiti artists Lek and Sowat, that he discovered through their Mausolee project (covered here), an illegal artistic residency that brought together 40 French graffiti writers in a 430,000 sq ft ruin.
Lek and Sowat covered the walls with their signature style graffitis, on top John Giorno’s self adhesive vinyl letters, before pealing them off, thus revealing the american artist’s poems.
The artists then stashed the poem’s letters negatives to wheat paste them with the help of Dem189, on the river bank’s grey walls, opposite the Palais de Tokyo.
Pics by Butterfly, Hugo Vitrani and Thias
Imaginez L’imaginaire
Until 28 September 2013
Palais de Tokyo
Parisian based artist PAN plays around images from the urban environment to create surreal and oniric landscapes.
His “Phares” series focuses on distorted urban landscapes reflected from car lights, while his “Spheres” represent an introspective world issued from the vegetal era.
Drawing inspiration from the Art Nouveau and Art Deco period, the “affichiste-ensemblier” artist has expanded his vision to a series of bespoke furniture for his second solo show, featured at Axelle B. until 5 November 2012.
Pics from the opening here
Pan at Axelle B.
5 Oct – 5 Nov 2012
26 Rue d’Epernon
78550 Houdan
Boris “Delta” Tellegen is having a new solo exhibition “Surface” at Backslash Gallery in Paris. Using paper and wood the new body of work features intricate 3D collages, geometric images and installations. The multidimentional aspect plays an important part, and so are the lights and shadows effects.
View the full set of pics from the opening here
Delta – Boris Tellegen
Surface
Backslash Gallery – Paris
Until 3 November
Parisian house colette in France just opened the eagerly awaited new exhibition titled U.T.O.P.I.A. featuring new collaborative works from the Parlá Brothers. The Brooklyn-based siblings placed a series of paintings on the walls featuring a melding of José’s urban calligraphy and Rey’s playful arrangement of colors and lines as evidence of their artistic dialogue. The show runs until 22nd, but check out our opening photos if you can’t make the show in person.
View the full set of pics from the opening here
FRERES PARLA
U.T.O.P.I.A
3-22 September 2012
Colette
213 Rue Saint-Honore 75001 PARIS
