Yosh, the French street artist and muralist, has recently completed a colorful new mural in Paris with the Art Azoi organization. The artwork is painted on a long one-story wall and showcases Yosh’s signature style, which is characterized by vibrant and often surreal images in a cartoon-graffiti style, with a focus on animals and marine life.
Yosh in collaboration with Art Azoï. Karcher Square, Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)
Yosh’s history as a street artist and illustration techniques has evolved since beginning as a teen graffiti writer influenced by US hip-hop culture. In recent years he has participated in various street art festivals and events, exhibited his work in galleries and art spaces in Paris and has created murals and public art installations in various locations, including Paris, Amsterdam, and Barcelona. Additionally, Yosh has collaborated with various high profile sportswear and cosmetic brands and created custom artwork and designs for music and art festivals. Yosh’s creative inspiration comes from his passion for nature and animals and his travels and experiences, which he often draws upon to create on the street.
Yosh in collaboration with Art Azoï. Karcher Square, Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)Yosh in collaboration with Art Azoï. Karcher Square, Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)Yosh in collaboration with Art Azoï. Karcher Square, Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)Yosh in collaboration with Art Azoï. Karcher Square, Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)Yosh in collaboration with Art Azoï. Karcher Square, Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)Yosh in collaboration with Art Azoï. Karcher Square, Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)Yosh in collaboration with Art Azoï. Karcher Square, Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)
Production of the artist YOSH @yoshlepoisson on the wall of Karcher Square, 163 Pyrenees Street. Paris, France. Produced by @art_azoi Curated by @cristo_liquide & @eliseherszkowicz In collaboration with @mairiedu20
Bringing two of the elements of Hip Hop together on his latest mural, painter and photographer (and occasional professor) Henry Hang shows his enthusiasm here in his native Paris with an aerosol can and brush with equal passion.
A former graffiti tagger with ALB in the early 1990s, Mr. Hang also practiced dance as a bboy – saying that he is bringing it all together on canvas and walls with the energy of graffiti. Last year he was teaching students at the Figaro fair about all of the plastic and performative arts that contribute to the “aestheticization of hip-hop culture.” This new wall with Art Azoi combines his appreciation for all of it.
The figures are lifted and turned with a certain elegance: always in motion and gravitating above the ground with a resolute honesty found in street performance sometimes. Not that he is trying to be too literal; his appreciation for impressionism is evidenced by the title he has given himself, “Le Degas De La Street Dance.” Seeing his enthusiasm and his expression of it is inspiring in itself.
Henry Hang – Le Degas De La Street Dance. Elise Herszkowicz | Art Azoï. Centre Ken Saro-Wiwa. Paris, France. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï) Henry Hang – Le Degas De La Street Dance. Elise Herszkowicz | Art Azoï. Centre Ken Saro-Wiwa. Paris, France. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï) Henry Hang – Le Degas De La Street Dance. Elise Herszkowicz | Art Azoï. Centre Ken Saro-Wiwa. Paris, France. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï) Henry Hang – Le Degas De La Street Dance. Elise Herszkowicz | Art Azoï. Centre Ken Saro-Wiwa. Paris, France. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï) Henry Hang – Le Degas De La Street Dance. Elise Herszkowicz | Art Azoï. Centre Ken Saro-Wiwa. Paris, France. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï) Henry Hang – Le Degas De La Street Dance. Elise Herszkowicz | Art Azoï. Centre Ken Saro-Wiwa. Paris, France. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï) Henry Hang – Le Degas De La Street Dance. Elise Herszkowicz | Art Azoï. Centre Ken Saro-Wiwa. Paris, France. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï) Henry Hang – Le Degas De La Street Dance. Elise Herszkowicz | Art Azoï. Centre Ken Saro-Wiwa. Paris, France. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)
Writing since the late 80s, Parisian artist PEST pulls out another high-style classic for Art Azoi in the city that has spawned much of the great graffiti since the 1990s – including his own crew named P19. While he has kept up with all the new styles from original New York to German style and many of the newer ones across the world, PEST gravitates to the classic graffiti culture and likes to keep it clean.
Pest in collaboration with Art Azoï. Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)Pest in collaboration with Art Azoï. Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)Pest in collaboration with Art Azoï. Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)Pest in collaboration with Art Azoï. Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)Pest in collaboration with Art Azoï. Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)Pest in collaboration with Art Azoï. Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)Pest in collaboration with Art Azoï. Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)
Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities.
Now screening: 1. Accelerating Progress for Gender Equality
BSA Special Feature: Accelerating Progress for Gender Equality
A mural program to raise awareness of the Generation Equality Forum, we have today videos of murals created in Mexico City, Paris, and New York. A coalition of banks, social organizations, UN organizations, and nations, the Forum says that it has a five year plan culminating in 2026 that “is built around a Global Acceleration Plan – a global road map for gender equality that aims to fulfil the promise of the Beijing Platform for Action and achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. It involves every sector of society – governments, civil society, private sector, entrepreneurs, trade unions, artists, academia and social influencers – to drive urgent action and accountability.”
“Generation Equality” Mural by Adry del Rocio. Mexico City, Mexico.
“Generation Equality” Mural by Lula Goce. Paris. France.
“Generation Equality” Mural by Vinie. New York City.
Click HERE to learn more about Generation Equality Forum.
The wall at Le M.U.R. in Paris got the Mode2 treatment just ahead of the legislative elections, offering a fine opportunity for the artist to wax politically. He created his message of empowerment on this fresco during the weekend of the Urban Art Fair in Paris after laying down the design in his sketchbook, he says on his Insta account.
It was “a LONG day”, he says, as he reached for a bit of a 90s atmosphere and greeted old friends and families who came to support him, document his work, share stories, and maybe have a quick meal with him.
In our rough translation, the OG writer, painter, historian, and keeper of the flame says, “I had come on a mission, more or less, no matter the circumstances, because the times we live in require of all of our extra efforts, to try to reverse the status quo that has been rotting our existence for more than four decades.”
Our many thanks to BSA contributor Tor Staale Moen for sharing his photos of Mode2 in action at Le M.U.R. in Paris.
French visual artist Jeanne Varaldi is more urbanist than artist perhaps, but her new collaborative work with Paris streets and the L’association Art Azoï skillfully incorporates both interests. She says her abstract mural is composed of urban signatures and elements that are inspired directly by the urban surroundings. Literally she is referring to the incorporated map of the area and nearby crosswalk in her new composition.
“These urban elements seem to fragment and decompose and invite us to look at the city as a constantly changing playground,” she tells us on a chilly spring day. “Yellow and orange markings that are inspired by those on construction sites also appear here.”
A crisp new wave ode to 1980s graphic design and dusty pastel templates, Varaldi’s affinity for retro is spiced by the freehand elements of graffiti that keep the work lively. “The mural uses urban markers to invite everyone to better see and appropriate them.”
Speaking in his abstractly modern visual language, artist Clément Laurentin creates this curvilinear winter ode to our permanent state of precariousness. In cooperation with Art Azoï, an important street art association in Paris which manages a number of walls in the city and pairs them with artists, Laurentin tells us that he chose the palette in December to complement the natural elements here on the terrace of “Les Plateaux Sauvages”, a theatrical and artistic center.
The blues hues of hard cold times can still be rewarding despite their nature, and Laurentin says he keeps his mind and spirit in balance when creating – even if a piece like this one alludes to the “fragile mental architecture” we build our lives upon. A gifted painter, he’s equally gifted describing his process and intention.
“I never sketch a wall before starting it,” he says, “I improvise the drawing directly on the wall on the first day. I like the idea that you can’t remove any piece of the composition without making the whole composition collapse. Every part has to be in the right place so that the whole thing can stand.” “In every artwork, I like to bring an oniric /surrealistic atmosphere to the piece; in such a tough and materialistic world, I want my work to be some kind of an inner life window,” he says, “a place where you can escape the time you’re looking at it.”
The abstract expressionist New York graffiti writer John Andrew Parello AKA JONONE has called Paris his home for a couple of decades. So it only makes sense that his oeuvre is well suited here at le mur du Pavillon Carré de Baudouin – an expansive public work that shows his sophisticated eye for pushing a color palette.
JONONE in collaboration with L’association Art Azoï. Pavillion Carr´e de Baudouin, Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)
Whether stylized and slippery text-based detonations or pod-like geometric landscapes that jauntily swerve and swoop, JONONE rarely errs in the field of hues. In this new work, he joins a strong roster of talents who have created new city environments in collaboration with ART AZOÏ.
JONONE in collaboration with L’association Art Azoï. Pavillion Carr´e de Baudouin, Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)JONONE in collaboration with L’association Art Azoï. Pavillion Carr´e de Baudouin, Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)JONONE in collaboration with L’association Art Azoï. Pavillion Carr´e de Baudouin, Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)JONONE in collaboration with L’association Art Azoï. Pavillion Carr´e de Baudouin, Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)JONONE in collaboration with L’association Art Azoï. Pavillion Carr´e de Baudouin, Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)JONONE in collaboration with L’association Art Azoï. Pavillion Carr´e de Baudouin, Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)JONONE in collaboration with L’association Art Azoï. Pavillion Carr´e de Baudouin, Paris. (photo courtesy of Art Azoï)
Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities.
Now screening: 1. Christo and Jeanne-Claude, a Final Triumph in Paris
BSA Special Feature: Christo and Jeanne-Claude, a Final Triumph in Paris
Bet you are wondering when the big unveiling is! Dying to see what is underneath?
A tribute to the artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude, famous for their large scale, site specific outdoor installation, this is the final triumph! Or Triomphe, as you may wish.
Climbers, cloth, and red rope have encased the famous monument and star that lies at the center of twelve radiating avenues, L’Arc de Triomphe this month – a public celebration of the work of the two artists and their lifetime of work together.
Today we dedicate Film Friday to this project and the various ways it is being described and interacted with by the public.
Christo and Jeanne Claude: L’Arc de Triomphe Empaqueté.
Christo’s L’Arc de Triomphe | 60 Years in the Making
Visitors swarm wrapped Arc de Triomphe
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: L’Arc de Triomphe, Wrapped – Live View
This Saturday marks the opening of an outstanding exhibition in Bristol, England documenting the pivotal role the city has played in the formation of street art from the 1980s to today. Entitled Vanguard Bristol Street Art: The Evolution and mounted at the Global Movement Bristol Museum’s M Shed, the show presents the view of this worldwide movement as seen through the birth and growth of Bristol’s scene from the perspective of artists singular voices rising together in a crescendo that shook the arena of public self-expression with maverick ideas and activist ideals.
Vanguard positions itself as an examination of artists creative response to Bristol’s “pioneering underground scene throughout the UK’s turbulent social and political history” with a focus on driving social change – one that influenced subsequent street artists everywhere.
Among the Bristolian and UK artists featured will be new works by Adam Neate, Andy Council, Antony Micallef, Bill Posters, China Mike, Conor Harrington, Dale VMN Collins (Dale Marshall), Dicy, Eko, Feek, Filthy Luker, Inkie, Lucas Price, Lucy McLauchlan, Matt Small, Mau Mau, Mr Jago, Paris, Rowdy, Sickboy, Swoon, Will Barras, and Xenz.
Conor Harrington (Irish, b.1980) The Blind Exit, 2020, oil and spray paint on linen, SIGNED, 250cm x 200cm (98.5in x 78.5in) (Image credit: Conor Harrington)
A trove of documentation presents times that provide context and insight into the wild, wooley, and ingenious artist works that shaped what was to come – including a five minute edit of the seminal film Wild Style by filmmaker Charlie Ahearn, and a new seven-minute film by Scottish filmmaker Doug Gillen. Additionally presented are unseen and classic images specific to the Bristol graffiti and street art scene by Henry Chalfant, Matthew Smith, Carrie Hitchcock, Yan Saunders, and Beezer, along with projections by Kineta Hill and Karen Dew.
Running through October 31st this year, the original works and memorabilia are key to understanding the events and socio/political arnarchistic framework that sparked and fueled what became known as the Bristol scene, replete with an accompanying book featuring worldwide academics, film directors, writers, artists, creatives and specialists and an exclusive album of tracks forming the roots of the Bristol Sound.
We’re pleased to offer a sneak peek of the show here today and we encourage you to make the trip to see what will undoubtedly be sited as an important exhibition – as we all continue our education about the pathways of the global evolution of street art.
Vanguard | Bristol Street Art: The Evolution of a Global Movement is kindly supported by Vans. Vanguard | Bristol Street Art: The Evolution of a Global Movement M Shed, Bristol, BS1 4RN Saturday 26 June 2021 – Sunday 31 October 2021 Admission £8 adult* / £7 concession* (*Tickets include £1 voluntary donation to Bristol Museums Development Trust)
Paris-born Zecky has been writing graffiti since he was a teen in the late 1980s and brings his spontaneous and switchable style catalog here to the Art Azoi walls in the 20th Arrondissement.
Out in broad daylight for this freeform color blast, Zeky has a long history of bringing his early writing skills to the contemporary canvas, distinguishing himself in areas of style and a sophisticated palette selection. Pushing his limits when reaching toward his heroes of New York Wildstyle, Zeky actually supersedes those limitations and has developed his own lingua franca.
Our weekly focus on the moving image and art in the streets. And other oddities.
Now screening: 1. Sofles / Kawaii. The artist paints a piece for his daughter Violet. 2. ACBR and ZONE take Rick and Morty Underground 3. Honet x Art Azoi in Paris
BSA Special Feature: Sofles / Kawaii. The artist paints a piece for his daughter Violet.
Remember when Nirvana did that concert without electric guitars? You can call this one “Sofles Unplugged.” He has no soundtrack revving up your adrenaline or accentuating his skills. He’s just pure skillz.
Sofles / Kawaii. The artist paints a piece for his daughter Violet.
ACBR and ZONE take Rick and Morty Underground.
Ahhh, here we go! Vandals, surreptitious underground graffiti pieces, knives, mad scientists, syncopated dance numbers, and a ripping soundtrack. Back to what we all expected from our graff videos.
Honet x Art Azoi in Paris
A creation by HONET on the wall of the Pavillon Carré de Baudouin (Paris 20th district).
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