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Lek and Sowat Sandcastle for the LaBel Valette Festival
Marking the fifth anniversary of the LaBel Valette Festival in France, artists Lek and Sowat have given a new identity to this 19th century castle, by painting all its surfaces and transforming it into a monumental sandcastle. Located in Pressigny-les-Pins, … Continue reading
Posted in Festival, France, Street, streets
Tagged Festival, France, graffiti, LaBel Valette, Lek, Sowat, Street art
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Covid’Art: Get creative with colouring packs from your favourite artists
During this quarantine period, we would like to thank artists who are offering generously their artworks for download as colouring sheets to keep the little ones busy but also get everybody to show their artistic sides. Only requirement is to … Continue reading
Posted in CovidArt
Tagged Audrey Kawasaki, Coloravirus, colouring sheets, covid art, Eelus, Hebru Brantley, Hopare, Il Cerchio e le Gocce, Lek, MADEMOISELLE KAT, Phlegm, Sowat, Tilt
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La Rochelle: Graff on Tour(s) with Lek & Sowat
The Towers of La Rochelle, managed by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux (CMN), are currently presenting Graff on Tour(s) until 25 June 2018 with a focus on historical graffiti as well as artistic interventions by contemporary artists ( see our … Continue reading
La Rochelle (FR): Graffs on Tour(s) with the CMN
The Centre des Monuments Nationaux (CMN) is France’s biggest cultural and tourism operator. Its mission is to preserve cultural heritage and provide public access to 100 national historical monuments throughout France. After having archived and documented graffiti on the national … Continue reading
Release: Underground Does not Exist Anymore
Fresh from their return from their one year artistic residency at Villa Medici, Lek & Sowat present their latest book ‘Underground Does not Exist Anymore‘ together with curator Hugo Vitrani. The book retraces the events between December 2012 and June 2014, … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Films, Paris
Tagged Azyle, Blo, Bom.k, Butterfly, butterflyartnews, Dem189, DMV, Dran, Evol, Futura, Hugo Vitrani, Jacques Villegle, Jean de Loisy, John Giorno, Kan, Lasco, Lek, Mode2, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, POPAY, Sowat, Underground does not exist anymore
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Paris: FIAC / (OFF)ICIELLE ART FAIR / STREET ART
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Art Fair, Paris, Street
Tagged Art, butterflyartnews, DMV, Fair, Gris1, Lek, Officielle, Paris, Sowat, street, Swoon
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Paris: Lasco #3 – Palais de Tokyo
For the third instalment of the Lasco Project ( covered here) curator Hugo Vitrani invited seven internationally renowned graffiti artists to infiltrate the Palais de Tokyo‘s cavernous basement level for the first time. LA based illustrator Cleon Peterson created a large black and … Continue reading
Posted in Paris, Shows
Tagged 2000, Cleon Peterson, Cokney, Evol, Futura, Horfé, Hugo Vitrani, Ken Sortais, Lasco, Lek, Mode2, Palais de Tokyo, Sowat, Vhils
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Video: Tracés Directs (Paris)
After being screened at Palais de Tokyo, we can now see what Lek, Sowat and their artists friends have been up to illegally during 7 months using chalks and water on a blackboard inside the Palais de Tokyo. With (by … Continue reading
Paris: Lasco project at Palais de Tokyo
Opening in Paris on 21 Nov is the second instaltment of the ongoing project “Les Entrailles” at Palais de Tokyo, this time called “Lasco”. Lek and Sowat and curator Hugo Vitrani have brought together 50 artists from different generations and … Continue reading
Posted in Paris, Shows
Tagged Dran, Hugo Vitrani, Lasco, Lek, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, Sowat
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Paris: Lek x Sowat x Legz x Roti for La Tour 13
Following our recent coverage on La Tour 13 (covered here) French artists Lek, Sowat, Legz, and Roti collaborated together on this extensive insitu installation “Minotaur” in the building’s basement. Sowat explains in his words below the concept behind the installation: Lek … Continue reading
Posted in Paris, Shows
Tagged La Tour 13, Legz, Lek, Lek x Sowat x Legz x Roti for La Tour 13, Paris, Roti, Sowat
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Paris: La Tour 13
Over looking the Seine , La Tour Paris 13 is a project curated by Mehdi Ben Cheikh from Galerie Itinerrance. During a year the entire building was painted by 100 international street and graffiti artists, each leaving their mark with murals and installations … Continue reading
Posted in Paris, Street
Tagged 08, 2mil, A1one, Add Fuel, Agostino Lacurci, Alexone, Amin, Aous, AweR, Azooz, Belem, Bom.k, Btoy, C215, Celeste Java, COPE2, Corleone, Dabro, Dado, Dan23, David Walker, Eime, eL Seed, Ethos, Etnik, Fenx, Flip, Gael, Gilbert, graffiti, Guy Denning, Herbert Baglione, Hogre, Hopnn, Indie 184, Inti Ansa, Inti Castro, Jaz, JB Rock, Jimmy C, Joao Samina, JonOne, Joys, Julien Colombier, Kan, Katre, Kruella, Legz, Lek, Liliwenn, Loiola, Ludo, Madame Sanbor, Maismenos, Mar, Mario Belem, Marko93, Maryam, Matéo Garcia Leon, Maz, Moneyless, Mosko, Mp5, Myre, Nano, Nebay, Nemi Uhu, Nilko, Orticanoodles, Pantonio, Paris, Paulo Arraiano, Peeta, Philippe Baudelocque, Rapto, Rea 1, Rodolphe Cintorino, Roti, Sambre, Sean Hart, Sebastien Preschoux, Senso, Seth, Shaka, Shoof, Shows & Events, Shuck2, Sowat, Spazm, Speto, STeW, Stinkfish, Street & Urban Art, Sumo, Tellas, Tinho, Tore, Tour 13 Paris, Tour Paris 13, Uno, Uriginal, Vexta, Vhils
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Paris: John Giorno x Lek x Sowat at Palais de Tokyo
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 … Continue reading
Paris Opening: Mausolee with Lek x 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. … Continue reading
Posted in Books, London, Shows, Street, Videos
Tagged abondoned supermarket, Da Mental Vaporz, DMV, graffiti, Lek, Mausolee, Paris, Sowat
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Paris: Mausolee – Lek x Sowat
Imagine an abandoned four storey supermarket in the North of Paris occupied by squatters, then deserted again. On August 12, 2010, French graffiti artists Lek (RAW crew) and Sowat (DMV) discovered the place much to their delight. For a year, in the greatest of … Continue reading
Posted in Paris, Street
Tagged abondoned supermarket, Da Mental Vaporz, DMV, graffiti, Lek, Mausolee, Paris, Sowat
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