Also new this year for the FIAC / (OFF)ICIELLE Art Fair is a Street Art programme, curated by Nicolas Laugero Lasserre. French and international artists have been invited to paint the walls on the wharf of the Cité de la Mode et du Design. Participating artists include: Bault, Gris1, Katre, Kouka, Lek, Monkey Bird Crew, Sowat, Swoon.
View the full set of pics here
(OFF)ICIELLE
www.officielleartfair.com
Cite de la Mode et du Design
34 quai d’Austerlitz, 75013 Paris
While in Brest, French artist BLO let loose with some free hand painting adding a touch of Art Nouveau lettering and his melancholic figures to a vacant building
View more pics here
While in Brest, super prolific artist Gris1 has been colouring walls and shutters accross town with his bubbly characters.
OpenWalls Gallery in Berlin just opened the solo show of French graffiti artist Blo
(see our recent studio visit here) called La petite Mort.
Set in Stadtbad, former public baths reconverted into creative spaces, the first room presents one-off black ink hand drawings on watercolor paper.
Upon entering a second room, viewers are surrounded by a “Duels” serie,
monochrome paintings using exclusively Krink.
The grand finale consists of colorful canvases using spray paint and acrylic,
featuring erotic and androgynous figures in various oniric state.
Blo also takes a twist on the icon Mary and Child with his “Madonne”,
and created two accompanying murals.
View all the pics from the opening here
Check the online catalogue
BLO
“La Petite Mort”
Open Walls Gallery
Stadtbad, Berlin
6 July – 27 July
While in London French artists Bom.K, Blo, Brusk, Gris1, Jaw and Kan from the DMV crew have been busy painting some shutters with their colourful style in East London for the Walls Project .
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