Sticky Graffiti in Paris – Lion de Belfort in Orange

Sticky Graffiti Lion Belfort in Orange

I spotted this rather funny “graffiti” on Friday. After a demonstration at Denfert Rochereau the demonstrators plastered the great Lion of Belfort with little stickers turning almost the entire lion Orange.

I snapped it with my iphone and it looks pretty cool.

I normally oppose graffiti on monuments but this one is quite funny, as it’s stickers I assume they will come off rather easily (I hope).

Actually Eric Tenin got a better shot of it which he published on his blog (actually I wonder if that wasn’t him on the bicycle shooting it up there).

Here is his photo:

Lion Belfort Orange by Eric Tenin

Stencil and Graffiti mélange

On my way home the other day I spotted a pretty large graffiti collection on a single wall. It’s a great mix of stencil pieces by Jeff Aerosol a White Man (paint) by Jerome Mesnager, a stencil by Pimax and a poster grafitti by Speedy Graphito.

It’s been there for quite a while so it is probably comissioned by the locals or somehow protected. It is located in the famed Latin Quarter of Paris and let me tell you that the City of Paris would have taken this down within hours if it wasn’t somehow protected.

It’s a pity that someone painted over the head of the White Man by Mesnager.

Otherwise it’s a great collection of some of Paris’ biggest and most original guys.

You can find the piece on Google street view below (with the head on the White Man) its on Rue des Feuillantines.

The Cartier Foundation Graffiti Expo “Né dans la rue”

So I went to see the “Né dans la rue” (Born in the Streets) graffiti expo at the Cartier Foundation in Paris. I was positively impressed by the expo.

As it was forbidden to take photos inside the expo I only managed to take a few outside which I have included on the bottom of the post.

The expo isn’t that big but is quite informative. It has video interviews with some of the early guys from the 1970s, a large collection of used magik markers and spray cans, a remake of one of the first full-car pieces from new york (life size). Lots of sketch books, it’s a great variety of stuff.

The expo mainly traces the origins of the graffiti movement from back in the 1970s to the early/mid 1980s.

I enjoyed the expo as it goes over the time period when I was deep into graffiti so I remember the artists of the time, the photos of the full-car, half-car pieces from New York that we would drool over. They were even projecting the movie “Wild Style” that I never got to see as a kid.

In short, while the expo is not comprehensive as the styles and quality of pieces these days is way above what it used to be, the expo is a great basic understanding of how the graffiti movement began and how it took off like it did. Organizationally, the only point I found missing is a sequence of viewing. Artistically, I would liked to have seen more follow up on the trends and offsprings of the graffiti movement, such as the stencils, tiles, and all the many other variations that it has taken.

I guess that will come one day.

But it was definitely a great expo and I recommend it!

Nice piece on the left of entrance

Fantastic detail on this piece

Close up

Everyone’s at it.

Even the kids having a go

Masking Tape Graffiti?

A real Stencil

Helmet graffiti?

Going to see the Cartier Graffiti Expo “Né dans la rue”

Cartier Graffiti Expo - poster art

I’m looking forward to seeing the Cartier Graffiti expo (see their site: http://fondation.cartier.com/) they have an amazing flash site that’s pretty avant-garde.

Expo seems different from the TAG Expo that I went to see some time ago (blogged it then).

Have intentionally not read any other reviews or gone to see photos as I want to get there with a clean slate. Will shoot it and blog it on my return for those unlucky fellas that can’t go see it for themselves.

Blog soon.

Blogging the white grafitti men from iPhone

Canal saint martin has a great bunch on graffiti stuff most of it is of the nicer styles just like this masterpiece of “homme blanc” or white man by Jerome Mesnager.
I noticed it by chance when driving by the other day. I just had to get off my scooter and shoot it.
I blogged him earlier in a post called “Nemo stencil graffiti in Paris”.
Enjoy and as a note. This post was done entirely from my iPhone hope it looks normal. [:-]

Space Invaders Tile Graffiti in Paris

Latin quarter Paris

Saint Germain area Paris

Saint Germain area

Saint Michel Bridge

I’ve been living in Paris for the last year and as always I keep an eye for graffiti. I try to stick to the more interesting stuff, things that stand out of the usual a bit.

I have been noticing quite some Space Invader tile graffiti lately and gathered some shots of them. They aren’t the best shots from Invaders stuff but they are all from this month so it gives and idea where it’s at.

He’s got a video on youtube with an interview if you want to see it, nothing revealing but fun. He’s done some really funny stuff, like taking the map of a city and placing his pieces so once drawn on a map it makes the shape of a space invader.

I blogged him earlier when (see link here: http://marcozna.wordpress.com/2009/04/08/tile-mosaic-graffiti/) and you can find links to more info on that post.

Well, enjoy.

New Giant graffiti from Ludo’s Nature’s Revenge series

Spotted this piece in a street in Paris a few days ago. It only lived for about a week but was a pretty addition to an otherwise ugly wall. 

 

About 1.8m high it is one of the biggest Ludo pieces I have seen

It was almost 2 meters high and one of the biggest pieces I have seen. 

Ludo must have been a metro poster mounter before he because a Graffiti artist, as this must have been a right pain to get up. 

It’s got a bit of a message which is cool – and funily enough Similar to the Grenade Perfume Stencil I posted about some time ago. 

Well enjoy and if you have more links to his stuff post them in the comments.

Tile Mosaic Graffiti

 

A Tile graffiti from Invader

I’ve blogged several different types of graffiti. But not Mosaic Graffiti… Actually I discovered this in the streets of Paris. I saw a few of them and wondered if this was something official, maybe some type of modern art (there has been some pretty weird legal modern art stuff around).  But speaking with a friend I found out that this is actually graffiti. 

It’s some of the nicest graffiti I have seen, not too loud, not too big but nice and funny.

It’s done by Invader, there’s more information on his graffiti here. He has done hundreds of these all over the world. 

More coming…

[;-]

The Grenade Perfume

This stencil was used by a theater company in Paris to promote their show. The theatre piece is called “Les vipères se parfument au jasmin” I have no idea what it is about and any quality. 

However the stencil piece they used is great and could have been from Banksy or Dolk. In fact maybe it is but I haven’t been able to find out. 

 

The perfume grenade stencil (pochoir) poster from the Paris subway.

 

If someone knows who did the original art please leave a comment. 

On another note, I started a thread called “Who has been blogging graffiti” on www.blogcatalog.com, see the link here: http://www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/who-has-blogged-graffiti and there are some really interesting graffiti styles out there. Such as the one from Bayarts about moss graffiti. Will definitely blog that one shortly.

Fokop Business Center – Hilarious signs series

Maybe not the best place to do your business transactions - Hilarious signage

I just saw this great sign FOKOP Business Center. Not FUCK UP Business Center… I am adding it to the hilarious signage series.

For more of those click here >> HILARIOUS SIGNAGE SERIES.

Cheers [;-]