Boulogne-sur-Mer

Balouz

Ludovik Truffier

<div>(more info soon)<br><br>Mural for Street Art&nbsp; Boulogne-sur-Mer 2022&nbsp;</div>

Nefertiti

Janisdeman

<div>The universe of Janis De Man is rich in surprises. If many artists identify with their style, the Dutch graffiti artist likes to surprise and vary inspirations and techniques. Trompes l'œil, portraits, landscapes, “graffiti”… Janis De Man offers a multiple work around a unique talent that has been expressed on the walls of Europe since 1997. One of his latest creations to date, an immense library bringing together the favorite books of the inhabitants in Utrecht (Netherlands) and produced with Deef Feed, has made a lot of talk. Able to create on the walls of the street but also inside homes, Janis De Man likes to involve the inhabitants to create an original work that everyone can make their own.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;<br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/jan-is-de-man/">Discover Jan Is De Man&nbsp;</a></div>

Jan Is De Man

Telmo Miel

<div>Telmo Pieper and Miel Krutzmann met in Rotterdam in 2007 before becoming an artist duo in 2012. It is together that the tandem learned and created their own style, each complementing the work of the other in a beautiful osmosis. artistic. An osmosis which is transcribed on the walls by works which superimpose images which respond to and complement each other. Realistic and surreal, positive, often with a touch of humor and romanticism, their creations offer the viewer a different perspective on the human and animal worlds. In this juxtaposition of images, often on monumental surfaces, the different parts unite in a strange way to become one and offer a surprising, gripping, magnificent and fantastic work. To discover on the walls of Los Angeles, Rotterdam, London, Dortmund,<br><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/telmo/">Discover Telmo Miel</a></div>

TELMO MIEL

Smug

<div>Photorealism is Smug's style. These ultra precise, realistic and colorful creations amaze and challenge. Using only aerosol cans, Smug achieves the feat of transforming a photo into a monumental work by adding a personal touch. The photo inspires him, while the wall, its texture and size, leads him to overcome practical obstacles which then give a unique character to his creations which can be much more original than the original photo. Coming from the world of graffiti and hip-hop culture, Smug, aka Sam Bates, sees his art as a game and likes to add a touch of humor to each of his works. Born in Australia, Smug now lives in Scotland and is one of the greatest artists of street art and photorealism.<br><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulognesur-mer.fr/street-art/project/smug/">Discover Smug</a>&nbsp;</div>

SMUG

Zoer

Deux bateaux

4LETTERS

<div>4LETTERS <strong>French artist – 18 rue de la Barrière Saint-Michel –&nbsp;<br></strong><br></div><div>A freelance graphic designer and artist since 2009, the northern artist 4LETTERS skilfully combines humorous cartoons and graffiti. His vision of graffiti is “to use the paint spray can, or anything you can invent as a tool, to write your tag in the street and on all the supports it offers. Then to create beautiful pieces and more advanced graffiti. I have been inspired by the graffiti in my district and in my town, the works I saw as I walked around town and near my home. Sleek, Isham and Keyz have influenced me to a far greater extent than the graffiti of New York.”<br><br></div><div><strong>Discover his&nbsp; world: </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/4lettersfanpage/"><strong>https://www.facebook.com/4lettersfanpage/<br></strong></a>https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/en/project/4letters-2/<br><a href="https://www.facebook.com/4lettersfanpage/"><strong><br></strong></a><br></div>

Fenêtre sur cour

Lonac

<div>Street artist and illustrator of Croatian origin, Lonac likes to explore our unconscious and take us to an abstract and absurd world. Disturbing characters, skeletons, fish and other hawks populate his universe, alongside much stranger creatures, learned mixtures of usually opposed species. Tinged with surrealism, Lonac's creations combine human psychology and animal representation, often amalgamating the two. Frank and disconcerting works, all telling a story and offering an often confused or mysterious message, which allow us to escape - at least for a moment - from reality. Its walls range from large murals of realistic and colorful representations to smaller, humorous and surreal works. Always passionate about street art<br><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/lonac/">Discover Lonac&nbsp;</a></div>

LONAC

FLORIAN LAJOUANIQUE

<div>𝙲𝙴𝙻𝙻𝙸𝚂𝚃 𝙿𝙰𝙸𝙽𝚃𝙴𝙳 𝙾𝙽 𝙰 𝚃𝙴𝙻𝙴𝙲𝙾𝙼 𝙱𝙾𝚇&nbsp;<br><br>FLORIAN LAJOUANIQUE<br><strong><em>Boulonnais artist – from the Rue des Pipôts to the Boulevard Daunou – 14 to 31 August<br></em></strong><br></div><div>Passionate about poetry, and the Surrealist movement in particular, Florian Lajouanique is a graduate of the Dunkirk School of Fine Arts.&nbsp; While teaching the visual arts, he continues to devote himself to his passion – painting – staging exhibitions and decorating public spaces.&nbsp; Highly inspired by the world of comics and superheroes, he also likes to appropriate scenes and figures of ancient mythology. Intervening at numerous locations across the city, he will adapt his creations to the various sites at which he works.</div><div><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/florian-lajouanique/">https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/florian-lajouanique/</a><br><br><br><br><br><br><br></div>

Joueur de violon

Eduardo Kobra

<div>EDOUARDO KOBRA<br><strong>Brazilian artist – 2 rue Dutertre and impasse Lacour – &nbsp;<br></strong><br></div><div>Kobra was plunged into street art culture at a very young age. In order to develop his style, which is a mix of distinctive mural painting and realism, he undertook the “memory walls” project.<br><br></div><div>The aim was to transform the urban landscape through art and to evoke memories of the towns to which he was invited to express his talent, through paintings that blend nostalgia and modernity.<br><br></div><div>The artist has travelled all over the world to spread his style (London, Athens, Lyon, Los Angeles, New York, Moscow, Lexington, Los Angeles and also Miami). On his last trip, Kobra went to Sweden where he painted Alfred Nobel in the city of Boras.<br><br></div><div><strong>Discover his world: </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/kobrastreetart/"><strong>https://www.facebook.com/kobrastreetart/<br></strong></a>https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/en/project/kobra-2/<br><br></div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp;</div>

LA FEMME à L'OMBRELLE de Claude MONET 1886

EVOCA 1

<div>Evoca1 is an artist born in the Dominican Republic today based in Miami, Florida (USA). Self-taught, he forged his artistic education through a compulsive study of the great masters of art history, their masterpieces and their techniques. Painting is a central theme in the life of Evoca1. His works describe his vision of life through evocative metaphors where children, men, women and animals are symbols of his personal history and social struggles. He has participated in public art projects around the world, leaving his mark in Peru, Austria, Canada, Florida, Argentina, Germany, Mexico, Honolulu, Tunisia, Italy, Iceland and in many other countries. His works have been exhibited at the Stolen Space Gallery (London, UK),<br><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/evoca/">Discover Evoca1</a></div>

EVOCA1

Mantra & Love

<div><strong>Mantra</strong></div><div>Giving nature a significant place in the city is the ambition of Mantra, a self-taught painter born in Metz in 1987. Active in the world of graffiti since 2008, he pays homage to the heroes of his childhood: butterflies, owls and spiders. His art acts like the mirror that reflects the cries of a nature that we no longer listen to. His works, produced in a lively and realistic style, are so many imprints left in the urban space. Thanks to an artistic process that allows him to repeat his patterns while changing the scale, Mantra shows ever more precision and concentration and takes care of every detail of his paintings to give a unique soul to the wall. His reputation today goes beyond the borders of France and the artist creates his works on the walls of the streets of Vienne, Brussels, Lima, Seattle,</div><div><strong>Love</strong></div><div>Fascination, passion and obsession, these are the three feelings that graffiti provokes in Love. “When I don't have the possibility of painting with an aerosol, I no longer work”. More than 35 years devoted to "graffiti" have shaped his style born in the Parisian suburbs in the midst of the emergence of hip-hop culture. For Love, graffiti is a means of expression, a form of protest against established society, an alternative to violence and a means of recognition and respect. After a rich experience in Germany where he rubs shoulders with artists like ECB (Hendrik Beikirch who participated in the festvial in 2018), Love evolves his style by focusing on the pure dynamics of the Letter he breaks in order to be able to extend it. limitless and make it almost impossible to read. In 2012, he joined forces with Mantra and its figurative style. Fruits of this common inspiration, works and a style which tends towards abstraction and a very particular attention to the composition of the color. Self-taught, Love works without a sketch, in pure control and mastery of his art.<br><br><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/mantra-love/">Discover Mantre &amp; Love</a></div>

Abys

Akut

Choose Your Battles And Approaches Wisely

Jarus

Mila

MonkeyBird

<div>Behind this name hides a duo of French artists, Temor and Blow, created in Bordeaux in 2012. Their works transcribe social themes into mural fables thanks to the representation of totem animals: the bird (Blow) and the monkey ( Temor). The tandem plays with the semantics of these sacred monkeys and birds to deal with humans. Between his material obsessions and his fantasies of freedom, Man must find the right balance in order to build himself as a social animal. Their inspiration is mainly drawn from sacred or lyrical works (illuminations, stained glass, architectural ornamentation, Japanese prints…). Monkey Bird likes to vary the techniques according to the selected space: stencils, engravings, drawings, cutouts, posters in glass cloth… Their creations are dotted across the big European cities: Berlin,<br><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/monkey-bird/">Discover MonkeyBird</a></div>

NIKODEM

<div>Nikodem or NKDM is a hybrid artist who combines street influences (graffiti) with a technical training in drawing. Graphic designer, illustrator, graffiti artist, street artist and screen printer all rolled into one, NKDM’s interventions are many and varied, from the street to the walls of galleries. NKDM makes no judgement regarding candour and satire, lightness and tension and allows this ambiguity to permeate through his works. Whether he is working on a wall or a canvas, his relationship with the material oscillates between that of a sculptor and that of a painter. Today, having abandoned realism for pictorial abstraction, his preferred realm is the street. He seeks to re-enchant our towns and re-appropriate our urban pathways. By thus creating anamorphic frescoes, by blurring the real lines of perspectives in order to recreate others, more beautiful and inventive, NKDM offers every passerby the opportunity to regain their capacity for wonderment as they turn a corner.<br><br></div><div><a href="https://www.facebook.com/nkdm1"><strong><br></strong></a><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/en/project/nikodem-2/">Discover Nikodem </a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/nkdm1"><strong><br></strong></a><br></div>

Nikodem

James Bullough

Onur

Li-Hill

<div>Through remembering, we honor that which has passed. How we choose to remember something or someone dictates its enduring existence. As the viewer travels down the street and between these two paintings, they are reminded that it is here, in this space between life and death, that memory and experience are formed.<br><br>The concept for these walls was built over many conversations. From small chats to a 10-hour car ride to France, the initial seed began around memories of those who have departed. The bouquet of flowers becomes an offering, a celebration and for us an apt vessel to convey the idea of remembrance. It also allowed us to introduce and engage with the community through the act of asking people to donate flowers from their gardens. After a bouquet was vetted, hung and photographed, the flowers stayed on the wall, slowly wilting as we painted the first mural. Day after day we revisited the flowers and documented their rapid decay. By the time the first mural was complete, we compiled the images, becoming a capsule of our time spent there and a passage between life and death.<br><br>Part of the 6th edition of the Street Art Festival in 2021</div>

What's remembered, Lives

Leon Keer

<div>Leon Keer is one of the world's greatest artists of anamorphic street art, this astonishing style that creates an optical illusion or a trompe l'oeil. These unique works, often produced in three dimensions, are inspired by contemporary themes or environmental concerns and ask questions about our quality of life. In addition to the optical illusion, the Dutch artist also likes to combine new technologies such as augmented reality or video mapping. For him: “Each piece of street art is unique. It belongs to the street and to its inhabitants. Its ephemeral side reinforces its existence. Internationally known, Leon Keer's works roam the streets of Europe, the United States, Russia, Mexico, the United Arab Emirates, Australia and several Asian countries.<br><br>Discover <a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/leon-keer/">Leon Keer</a></div>

Magma

Regarder la rue sans baisser les yeux

<div>Local artist created this in march 2018</div>

Le Jardiniere 

Le veil homme et la mer

CASE _MACLAIM

<div>CASE _MACLAIM</div><div><strong>German artist –&nbsp;<br></strong><br></div><div>Case, aka Andreas von Chrzanowski, is a founder member of the East German Ma’Claim Crew. A pioneer of photorealism, the artist focuses essentially on the portrayal of hands, the natural link between the brain and the real world. His complete mastery of drawing enables him to transmit emotion and message, playing with fingers or digits. In the work of Case Maclaim, the superimposition of hands is not merely a physical movement of the body but also a political movement set in a particular context in which the spectator can visualise recent history and experience emotion. He has left his fingerprints in more than 20 countries. All are universal messages, because “a gesture of the hand can say a thousand words”.<br><br></div><div><strong>Discover his world: </strong><a href="https://www.facebook.com/case_maclaim-104007173027340/"><strong>https://www.facebook.com/case_maclaim-104007173027340/<br></strong></a><br></div>

PECHEUR SUR MER

Scaf

The Lions king

John Wentz

(untitled)

SHADOW

<div>After 20 years of an artistic career focused on graffiti and decoration, Shadow wishes to develop his work based on the aesthetics of the visual and the composition. By working on the effects of depth, on movement and dynamics, by mastering the space and playing with colors, Shadow manages to treat each subject and give it the strength of the message he wishes to express.<br><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/shadow/">Discover Shadow</a></div>

Shadow

Alaniz

<div>ALANIZ</div><div><strong>Argentine artist –<br></strong><br></div><div>Born in Argentina, Alaniz lives and works in Berlin (Germany).<br><br></div><div>The artist uses a roller to paint expressive portraits with instinct and power. His inspiration generally comes upon first discovering the support and the site. “If you want to paint in the street, you have to know the street and know who you are talking to. I’d like to think that my work is defined by the context.<br><br></div><div>This philosophy can be defined as follows: when you are in a large overcrowded space, you literally have to shout in somebody’s ear in order to make yourself heard. In a small room, however, there is no need to shout. You can speak more softly and generally be a nicer person, can’t you?”&nbsp;<br><br></div><div><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/alaniz/"><strong>Discover Alaniz</strong></a></div><div><br></div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp;</div>

ALANIZ

Cosimo Cheone

The Vision #2

Fintan Magee

<div>Nicknamed the "Australian Banksy", Fintan Magee plunges into the world of graffiti at the age of 13. In 2010, he moved away from traditional “graffiti” to favor the creation of large frescoes in which he skilfully mixes the violence of reality with the sweetness of dreams. These works challenge, mark and question. <strong>&nbsp;</strong>In its surrealist universe, art only serves to reinvent reality. His creations explore the themes of waste, consumption, loss, transition and the environment. Over the past few years he has consolidated his position among Australia's leading public artists and has traveled extensively, including London, Berlin, Los Angeles, Kiev, Atlanta, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Moscow, Rome and Paris.<br><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/fintan-magee/">Discover Fintan Magee</a></div>

Gaawouel

<div>Created october 2017</div>

Flag

<div>Octopus painted on a telecom box in the street . <br><br><strong>FLAG</strong></div><div><em>Boulonnais artist – Rue de la Lampe – From 31 July.</em><strong><br></strong><br></div><div>An all-round artist who has experience of various disciplines, designing decorations as well as sculptures. He was drawn to painting at a very young age. At that time he liked to adapt Medieval atmospheres to a fantastical world. A qualified cabinetmaker, he also trained at the Paris School of Decorative Arts. He staged his first solo exhibition in 2008. An independent artist, FLAG’s work is constantly evolving and currently leans towards Pop Art and its highly acidic tones.</div>

Octopus

Jade Rivera

San Martin

Emmanuel Jarus

<div><strong>Canadian artist –<br></strong>The mural painter Jarus is only 24 years old, yet his classic figurative style gives rise to drawings of great maturity. Originally from Regina, Emmanuel Jarus has not spent more than two months in his adoptive city, Toronto, in the last three years. He has travelled extensively in recent years, from Spain to the United States and including Germany, Great Britain and Mexico. Jarus draws women’s bodies in the main, and men more rarely. His figurative style is largely inspired by his artist grandmother, by the painter Zhong-Ru Huang, who taught him drawing at the age of 16, and by the works of numerous academic portraitists such as William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825-1905), Anders Zorn (1869-1920) and John Singer Sargent (1856-1925).<br>A career that started at a very young age, at around 18, and in large spaces from the outset: “I didn’t want to do graffiti any more, so I started to do enormous portraits on wagons. That was the start,” explains Emmanuel Jarus.<br>A collaboration between a Boulonnais photograph and a canadian artist. Jarus chose a photograph of Frédéric Briois and interpreted it in his own distinctive way.<br><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/en/project/jarus-2-2/">Discover Jarus</a><br><br><br></div>

FISHERMAN 

<div>Telmo Pieper and Miel Krutzmann met in Rotterdam in 2007 before becoming an artist duo in 2012. It is together that the tandem learned and created their own style, each complementing the work of the other in a beautiful osmosis. artistic. An osmosis which is transcribed on the walls by works which superimpose images which respond to and complement each other. Realistic and surreal, positive, often with a touch of humor and romanticism, their creations offer the viewer a different perspective on the human and animal worlds. In this juxtaposition of images, often on monumental surfaces, the different parts unite in a strange way to become one and offer a surprising, gripping, magnificent and fantastic work. To discover on the walls of Los Angeles, Rotterdam, London, Dortmund,<br><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/miel/">Discover Telmo Miel</a></div>

4 LETTERS

<div>Freelance artist and graphic designer since 2009, Le Nordiste 4letters is a talented combination of comic strips and graffiti. Her vision of graffiti is “to use the spray paint or anything you can invent as a tool to write your blase in the street and on all the media it offers. Then to make beautiful pieces and more advanced graffiti. I was inspired by the graffiti of my neighborhood and my city, the ones I saw while walking in the city or around my home. The Sleek, Isham, Keyz influenced me much more than the graffiti of New York. "<br><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/4letters/">Discover us</a>&nbsp;</div>

Francisco Maturana

Naturaleza muerta con peces

Andrea Ravo Mattoni

<div>Making the great classics of painting accessible by giving them new life in the street, this is the philosophy that drives Andrea Ravo Mattoni. Coming from a family of artists, “Ravo” naturally immersed himself in the world of painting from an early age. First as a graffiti artist then in a more classical way at the Academy of Fine Arts in Brera where the Italian painter devotes himself to oil and acrylic. It is by merging these two passions that Andrea Ravo Mattoni creates her style "dal classicismo al contemporaneo" and an ambitious project: to recreate great masterpieces of the past sprayed on the walls in order to make them accessible to all. “We have so much beauty behind us that we can flood the world with poetry. My project is ambitious, but I consider it above all as a mission. I feel like a conductor who likes to present Beethoven. "<br><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/andrea-ravo-mattoni/">Discover Andrea Ravo Mattoni</a></div>

DAN FERRER

<div>created february 2019</div>

Communcation

Peeta

<div>Manuel Di Rita, better known as Peeta, is famous around the world for his unique anamorphic style. Based on the letters of his artist's name stylized in a three-dimensional world, these works change the perception of a familiar place for the inhabitants and lead to a different understanding of the environment and therefore of reality. “Through metaphor, I want to neutralize preconceptions and encourage the emergence of new perspectives. Anamorphism reveals the deceptive nature of human perception. »Street artist but also sculptor, Peeta is part of the EAD, FX and RWK collectives which have organized concerts, festivals and exhibitions all over the world.<br><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/peeta-ead/">Discover Peeta Ead</a></div>

Peeta Ead

Borondo

<div>If Gonzalo Borondo first followed a classical training, the artist quickly stood out by breaking the codes of street art. Happily combining graffiti and classic painting, his creations are reminiscent of charcoal drawings. He also sometimes abandons the cans and aerosols for the “glass scratching” (scraping of the glass, note) which completely renews the genre. Street poet, Borondo is in search of the sacred and the subtle nature of the human psyche. He likes to probe the soul and represent characters and scenes of life that interact with the place. The context creates the work that changes with the space. A work sometimes discreet but always deep. Borondo has produced paintings and public art installations all over the world.<br><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/borondo/">Discover Borondo</a></div>

BORONDO

Vesod

<div>With Vesod, art and mathematics go hand in hand. First influenced by his father, a surrealist painter, Vesod immersed himself in the world of graffiti in the 90s in parallel with his studies in mathematics. Renaissance art and Futurism are also important sources of inspiration for the Italian artist who creates his own style. Between figuration and abstraction, the frescoes of the street artist Turin superimpose different visual layers in order to harmonize the anatomical proportion and the futuristic dynamics around the idea of ​​time which freezes. The three dimensions of space and time are therefore represented in a single instant which leads to a loss of importance in the flow of time.<br><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/vesod/">Discover Vesod</a></div>

Johannes Mundinger

<div>Artwork removed after renovation of the house.<br>--------------------------------------------<br><br>Johannes Mundinger devotes himself to mural painting, often with the specific elements of the place of his works. Born in 1982 in Offenburg, Germany, he studied in Münster and Brussels. He is based in Berlin as resident artist at the Urban Art Gallery.</div><div>“Today, we are witnessing the expression of the street and urban artists through different types of visual language”. Mundinger's murals can join street art in a way. His style leans towards highlighting the environment where the work is located. A stylization of urban forms by telling a "brown story". Different elements intermingle without chance sometimes revealing some figurative notes. Strangely attractive and at the same time very accessible, the work of this artist leaves everyone the freedom to perceive what touches him and often what intrigues him.<br><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/mundinguer/">Discover Johannes Mundinger</a></div>

J.MUNDINGER

Marika

<div>For Marika, art was obvious. Raised in a family of artists from Boulogne-sur-Mer, Marina Toussent has touched everything, discovered photography with her brother, initiated herself into music with her mother while her father confided to her the secrets of perspective in painting in the age 8… Inspired by Picasso or Duffy, Marika discovered total artistic freedom during her ten years in the London suburbs. With her mind and brush freed, she is now known for her series “Les patch-ups”. Symbols of his vision of happiness which “is all the more appreciated when we come back from afar”, this series has found a universal echo, each one finding himself in one of his characters touched by life. "I am only the vector of a message and an emotion" confides the artist.</div>

<div>The artists wanted to create something the viewer had to participate in and that spoke directly to the settling of Bolougne-ser-Mer. Known as a major fishing port, the city's past and future are intertwined with the sea.<br><br>The images we chose embody a concept of time. A fisherman throws their net into a desolate dried-out landscape becomes a vision of a not-so-distant future. On the second wall, the sun beams over a shoal of fish showing the relatively stable period the earth's ecosystems have had. The viewer finds themselves on the road caught between these two possibilities and a horizon line connecting these two paths. By combining the walls with thier eyes, one can glimpse a way forward in our current ecological crisis that is potentially harmonious with our surroundings.</div>

On the horizon

Mohamed L’Ghacham

Scenes from Damrémont

Bruno Ghys

<div>Street Art Festival 2021 edition</div>

Hommage to the Boulonnais draft horse

Mélissa Follet

<div>(more info soon)<br><br>Mural for Street Art&nbsp; Boulogne-sur-Mer 2022</div>

Hommage

Hendrik ECB Beikirch

<div>The art of portraiture has no more secrets for Hendrik Beikirch alias ECB. Fall in love with graffiti when he discovered a photo of New York in the 80s on which a subway car is covered with Lee's “Stop The Bomb” graffiti Quinones, he finds in “graffiti” a new form of expression and freedom. Influenced by Richard Serra's relationship to space and realism as much as Gerhard Richter's abstraction, the German artist delivers authentic or imaginary portraits that make up so many mirrors of society. These characters, made all the more fascinating by their anonymity, the reduced color palette and the striking contrasts that characterize his style, underline the vulnerability of the man, while the scale of these works invites the viewer to consider the relationship. which binds the individual to society. Their looks and postures tell a story. Internationally known, ECB's works roam the streets of Europe, Canada, the United States, Mexico, Australia, as well as those of China and Russia.</div><div><br><a href="https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/project/ecb/">Discover ECB</a></div>

David walker

<div>Another wall curated by Mathgoth Gallerie Paris with one of their artists David Walker. Made for the Street Art Festival Boulogne-sur-Mer.<br>&nbsp;</div><div>DAVID WALKER</div><div><br></div><div>A talented portraitist born in 1976, David Walker lives in London. A representative of the graffiti movement, he creates portraits using spray paint only. No paintbrushes, no pencils, no brushes of any kind. In addition to the ephemeral works painted in the streets, his canvases are now on show in Paris, Berlin, New York, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, Lisbon and Miami. David Walker uses the spray can exclusively, with no additional technique, in order to give life to sublime portraits of women. “I don’t know them and they don’t even know that I am painting them. If I paint anonymous faces, it is to allow the spectator to create his or her own story”. These faces are sketched, as if scratched out… Sprays from a can thicken the line, rendering it more lifelike.&nbsp; And so emerge sensual and colourful female faces, veritable “Brides of Fire”, as he calls them, who are thereafter emblazoned on the walls of the cities. The hybrid style of David Walker, halfway between illustration and graphic design, is evolving and gradually turning towards drawing.<br><br>https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/en/project/david-walker-2/&nbsp;</div>

Faces

unknown artist

DOURONE

<div>Dourone started with graffiti in Madrid in 1999. His style has been defined by the Uruguayan journalist and writer, Eduardo Galeano, as <em>sentipensante</em>, a contraction of the words “feeling” and “thinking” (<em>sentimiento/pensante</em> in Spanish). The development of Dourone’s work has been nourished by his diverse experiences in a number of fields: in-store and home decoration, advertising decoration, fashion editorial illustration, execution of mural frescoes for institutions or businesses, specific commissions for a variety of major brands. In 2012, he started to work with Elodieloll and formed a real team with her.<br>His works can be seen in Spain, France, United States, Belgium, the Netherlands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Morocco and Israel among others.<br>Dourone is constantly evolving. His work is reflective and faithful to the site and the moment in which it is executed. The effect produced leaves no-one unmoved. One could even talk of a true visual impact aimed at bringing into the open an awareness of respect, diversity and freedom.<br><br></div><div>https://www.ville-boulogne-sur-mer.fr/street-art/en/project/dourone-2/</div><div>&nbsp; &nbsp;</div>

REFLEXION RESPECT

Javier Barriga

<div>Completed in seven days, the new acquisition of the open-air museum impresses. The precision of the lines, the contrasts, the colors, everything makes you think of a photograph. However, it is indeed a painting signed Javier Barriga. A back face appears with two braids. Those of a thoughtful and silent young woman tying her dress. With a nice wink, the presence of a silver Boulogne ring. The perfect symbol of the approach of the street-artist specializing in faceless hyperrealistic portraits that captivate the viewer all the more with the mystery he exudes. “The idea is to bring to Boulogne an iconic work of my style, of my art,” he confides. “Of course I created this fresco especially for this wall. This character is inspired by a young girl in my girlfriend's family. His face does not appear. She does not have her own identity, which allows the spectators who watch her to imagine what they want and to identify with the character according to their mood, the light and the moment of life they are going through. . »<br><br>A real artistic approach. "This is the meaning of my work in the street" resumes Barriga. "I'm not here to impose anything on people. It is up to the spectators to appropriate the work. For me, this is the very essence of street art. I am not someone who has something to say but an artist who has something to do. It's up to the audience to have something to say. We are here to democratize access to culture. This is my philosophy and that of the festival, which is why I really blossomed here. »<br><br>An artistic approach filled with humility which characterizes the character well. Javier Barriga is eternally dissatisfied. “I always try to improve every detail. I am rarely happy with myself. When my work is finished, only the imperfections appear to me. “Imperfections” all related to seeing the smiles of passers-by and the exclamations of the regulars of rue de Bréquerecque, many of whom stop to take a photo and admire the work of art.<br><br>A work inspired by the great classical masters. “I have been passionate about painting since childhood,” says the Chilean. “I really like the Renaissance period. In the beginning, I painted pictures which, in the best of cases, were sold. It then belonged to an owner and the cycle was closed. It wasn't enough for me. I needed to share my work with people who don't consume art. For me, the wall is a canvas. I wanted to bring classic images into the public space. »<br><br>After several works produced in Chile but also in different countries, it was in Boulogne-sur-Mer that Javier Barriga discovered the atmosphere of a festival. “It is an honor for me to have participated. It was the first time that I intervened in an international festival. It was also an opportunity to meet and exchange with other artists. Slim Safont (who did a fresco on rue Maryse Bastié) told me a lot of good things about Boulogne-sur-Mer, the team and the festival. Participating in it was truly amazing. It was a wonderful opportunity for me to bring my style alongside the big names in street art already present here.&nbsp;</div>

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