Jun 25, 2023
David Ferreira is a French painter born in 1982.
He took a few painting lessons as a child but never studied art in higher education. It is completely self-taught that the young artist is trained in creation. Influenced by his father who worked as a carpenter, David Ferreira turned to building design and began a career as a surveyor.
The drawing quickly becomes more important than the building and David Ferreira throws himself fully into the paint. His passion for geometric art and mathematics will define his art and his style. Equations with several unknowns, round and triangular square shapes, puzzles… will become his favorite motifs. From an arithmetic sign, David Ferreira brings forth a figurative painting on canvas. This is how Toto, its main protagonist, is born, straight out of the playground.
Although he draws his inspiration from science and rigour, his art is instinctive, generally starting from a task that he will develop and let live on his canvas. David Ferreira loves passion and making it felt through his works. He will let the paint overflow on the edges of the painting, revealing it in three dimensions, giving the impression that the canvas preexists the wall that supports it.
For more meticulous works, such as his works based on the famous Rubiscube game, a multicolored cube from the 80s, the artist nevertheless develops a sketch in his mind or lines that the canvas he will be able to follow to respond to the perspective requirements.
Without hesitation, the materials rub shoulders with the colors and nourish the geometric shapes. Fabric, leather or metal can support the canvas in its relief. The artist will swap the brush for a trowel, a knife or simply use his fingers if he feels like it. Very active in front of his canvas, he needs to take a step back, to let his gesture express itself and that is why he prefers large formats to small ones, giving him more freedom.
Now covered with a glossy varnish, the canvases are revealed in all their colors and movements. The visual changes as the day progresses, it sparkles. His work and his journey can recall Basquiat for certain points, a source of inspiration for David Ferreira who does not fail to refer to it in his works.
We recognize the paintings of David Ferreira by his signature, but also by his lucky number, the number 15. Having a great symbolic value for the artist and his family, it relates to happy events, and follows the artist in each of his paintings.
Jun 25, 2023
EMROD ONE is a French artist born in 1985. He discovered art in the districts of Paris and its suburbs. He then plunged into the world of graffiti, forming his urban artistic culture through adventures and encounters. The ephemeral nature of this art motivates him to begin a quest that will prove to be the basis of his future work: immortalizing graffiti through photography. He develops his technique as an autodidact and chooses to highlight the essence of graffiti: the Letter.
His work thus reveals the contrasts of a life and a society on which the artist questions himself and takes a position. His reflection is an invitation to distance himself from the themes explored..
EMROD ONE is a French artist born in 1985. He discovered art in the districts of Paris and its suburbs. He then plunged into the world of graffiti, forming his urban artistic culture through adventures and encounters. The ephemeral nature of this art motivates him to begin a quest that will prove to be the basis of his future work: immortalizing graffiti through photography. He develops his technique as an autodidact and chooses to highlight the essence of graffiti: the Letter.
His work thus reveals the contrasts of a life and a society on which the artist questions himself and takes a position. His reflection is an invitation to distance himself from the themes explored..
EMROD ONE is a French artist born in 1985. He discovered art in the districts of Paris and its suburbs. He then plunged into the world of graffiti, forming his urban artistic culture through adventures and encounters. The ephemeral nature of this art motivates him to begin a quest that will prove to be the basis of his future work: immortalizing graffiti through photography. He develops his technique as an autodidact and chooses to highlight the essence of graffiti: the Letter.
His work thus reveals the contrasts of a life and a society on which the artist questions himself and takes a position. His reflection is an invitation to distance himself from the themes explored..
Jun 25, 2023
C215
Christian Guémy alias C215 is a major French artist on the street art scene.
Forty years old, he lives in Vitry-sur-Seine where he has his workshops. He mainly works with stencil with a very recognizable style. Apart from his interventions in the streets of the whole world, he presents works painted on recycled objects in many galleries, in France and abroad.
Christian Guémy started stenciling in 2006. He participated in the MUR in 2007 and in 2013 produced a 25-meter painted wall in Paris, metro Nationale, representing a cat.
In 2013, he also painted the face of the Minister of Justice, Christiane Taubira, then the target of racist attacks. Known internationally, Christian Guémy presents works painted on recycled objects in many galleries, in France and around the world.
In 2014 he was asked to create 20 illustrations for the game Far Cry 4 by Ubisoft.
In 2016, C215 “signed” a stamp for the Post Office which honored Léo Ferré. The author, composer and performer would have celebrated his hundredth birthday.
His favorite subjects are childhood, the left behind, the anonymous, lovers, but also animals (dogs, cats and birds), which are particularly present in his urban paintings. His main role model is his daughter Nina, born in 2003.
His style ranges from duotones to the most colorful compositions. The dimensions of his works remain on a human scale, only rarely creating very large painted walls.
A fervent admirer of Caravage, C215 wants to put poetry and emotion in the heart of disembodied cities. His anonymous faces with expressive features testify to his need to rediscover a certain humanity.
“My works place the invisible among celebrities. Through these faces, I want passers-by to confront their own humanity.”
“The art of C215 is to capture light, depth and humanity. It is very difficult to achieve with stencil – his favorite medium – and rarely successful. This technique tends to flatten the images and make them static.
On the contrary, C215 has developed a style of illustration and cutting that reveals the deep personality of his subjects, bringing them an impressionistic light.
Although his technique is meticulous, in the finest sense of the word, C215’s art transcends pure form and seems to touch the very essence of the human soul. It is always a great pleasure for me to come across the works of C215 in the street.”
Shepard Fairey aka OBEY
From July 10 to October 8, 2018, urban artist C215 gives faces to the great figures honored at the Pantheon with the “Illustrious! C215 around the Pantheon”.
Follow a route in the crypt of the Pantheon then in the streets of the 5th arrondissement! You will go behind the scenes of the creation of C215 before leaving the monument to discover the portraits of 28 personalities.
Dec 18, 2022
Titi, the intergenerational character in 404’s world.
404 ‘s artistic universe is very colourful, he hijacks imaginary figures, characteristic of a singular personal research. The bright, fluorescent and subtly associated colours give a real dynamism and depth to his sculptures. He seems to play with proportions, which adds humour.
It’s amazing how this obsession can turn into dozens of unique works.
In contrast to his colourful characters, the artist’s wardrobe is classic. What he is, what he needs to say or express, is there somewhere. A former engineering student, 404 combines his dedication to science with a lifelong love of art. A classicist by day, he has his feet on the ground to focus on the important things. An artist by night, his sometimes absurd dreamlike vision is always benevolent.
Yet the relationship between an artist and his art is not so simple. Contemplating his work is like awakening the imagination within. All his works
are based on are based on true stories. Each piece takes you on the most surreal of journeys.
404 likes the idea of taking the canary completely out of context, creating another perspective. Not only are his pieces humorous and frankly phantasmagorical, but he takes an unexpected approach.
Like Claude Monet, who painted nothing but haystacks for nearly four years, 404 plays, has been representing Titi for three years, it’s crazy and brilliant. Its many facets make it unique. Looking at them takes you to an enchanted place. And each time you can see things you never noticed before, hidden in the shadows or the shapes… Details that hide underneath. Pictures within pictures.
The atmosphere is wonderful, disturbing and strange at the same time. Imagination and symbolism are linked. An intergenerational character as a way to connect and accept or not the world. It is liberating to find the right word for something you think or feel.
It is liberating to find the right word for something you think or feel. How far should you take an artist’s biography into account when looking at their creations? 404 is not one to be defined by the expectations of others.
Page 2 of 11«12345...10...»Last »
