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L'Insecte

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2300 EUR

"Rainbow fish" Acrylic, aerosol and posca on wood Unique work Format : 75 x 55 x 6 cm Framing : wood frame To acquire the work THE INSECT (born in 1986) An insect is a being often unloved and yet essential to the ecosystem ... Coming from graffiti, wouldn't it be for this reason that the artist decides to make it his blaze? A blaze that sounds like a parallel between his two reasons to live: nature and Street art, this movement so denigrated since its origin and already so embedded in the history of art! L'Insecte is originally a hardcore graffiti artist, a fan of typography and more particularly of old school letters from the 90s. He graffitied in the streets, wastelands, wasteland, abandoned houses ... and discreetly affixed to his messages claiming, we can decipher the tag "1sekte", that he reserves for the street. But L'Insecte is also a reference to nature, his nature which is dear to him and in the middle of which he likes to live. Don't think that graffiti is reserved for the big cities, it has known with the decades to cross the fields and the countryside to inspire, sublimate, (vandalize?) the least small stations of provinces. Wood has become his favorite material over time. Always recycled, he hunts it, treats it, sands it and paints it. L'Insecte is a mixture of nature and hip-hop graffiti culture. It's graffitiing an owl on oak, drawing a bear with posca, denouncing with the softness of the line and the brutality of the words. Because yes, L'Insecte denounces and behind its pretty animals, its warm colors and its compositions skilfully punctuated by slats, the message is clear and speaks to all!

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