French graffiti artist Brusk recently completed a massive mural in Meinau, Strasbourg.
Composite: adjective, made up of disparate or separate parts or elements.
Beyond the concept comes a 120 feet high wall to illustrate Brusk multiple techniques.
Pics by Antoine Mayet & Blackdough.
Gris1 from the Da Mental Vaporz crew is having a solo show at Backside Gallery in Marseille, France, running until 8 November. Showcasing paintings and installations, Gris1 treats us with a reconstitution of his studio space, where post-it notes and smiley faces overtake the floors to the ceiling. But the most impressive part of the show is a creation of a miniature city and train station where the trains circulate featuring familiar throw-ups and tags from Gris1 and his friends, much to the delight of children and grown ups.
Full set of pics from the opening here
Gris1
Backside Gallery
Marseille, France
Until 8 November 2008
Earlier this year I visited the studio of the Da Mental Vaporz crew as they prepared for their australian show. Here is a great film by Fabien Didelot featuring the entire crew at work with Blo, Bom.k, Brusk, Dran, Gris1, Iso, Jaw, Kan and Sowat.
On August 12, 2010, French graffiti artists Lek and Sowat found an abandoned supermarket of 430,000sq. ft in the north of Paris. For a year, in the greatest of secrets they invited forty French graffiti artists to collaborate and create an illegal graffiti Mausoleum.
As the monument is not accessible for safety reasons, Lek and Sowat recreated a few murals and installations in an abandoned apartment to share their experience with the public .
During the two years, they discovered traces of life from squatters that left in a rush. For the exhibition, the artists brought back toys, letters and objects as a tribute to the families living in the Mausolee.
An installation made of found signage on site, staff instructions and reports reminds of the golden days of the supermarket as key role to the community.
The opening was also the occasion to celebrate the release of the book (available here) and a video retracing all the visual process of this adventure.
The stop motion video made of 8000 pictures is now visible online
More info on the project and participating artists at mausolee.net
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