"Marianne aux coquelicots" (Marianne with poppies) by Moroccan-French artist COMBO Culture Kidnapper @combo_ck at 39 Allée de la Poste, 06370 Mouans-Sartoux, France in November 2019 for @festivaldulivremouans_sartoux and @unwhite_it. Photos taken October 2021.
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"Very proud to finally have a fresco in the region where I grew up.
This time I painted a Marianne from the south, who wears the insignia of those who first liberated the region during the Second World War, the skirmishers. A way to pay tribute to those who fought for our values. She also wears a poppy to defend the movement "the poppy movement" and all the green movement. To remind us that our generation also has its battles to fight." @combo_ck
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"Marianne has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as a personification of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marianne
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"Marianne is the symbol of the French Revolution. The poppy movement, launched in September 2018 by Charlie Hebdo journalist Fabrice Nicolino, calls on the French to mobilize to demand a ban on synthetic pesticides in France. Poppies are wildflowers that grow in fields and are controlled with pesticides." - my French friend Hélène.
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https://nousvoulonsdescoquelicots.org/traductions/petition-to-ban-all-synthetic-pesticides/
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2020 interview https://streetartparis.fr/interview-combo/
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2015 interview https://www.anotherscratchinthewall.com/2015/09/20/interview-to-combo-the-culture-kidnapper/
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Artist website: https://combo-streetart.com