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By admin, 21 December 2009 4:55 PM

The “Né Dans La Rue” exhibition shows the New York origins of graffiti. First of all, in the basement, the 70’s are represented by documents dating by to this period, like blackbooks of legendary graffers, records of the NYPD, painting equipment showing how luckier we are today, etc.

Some of the sketches in the blackbooks were reproduced by the graffers themselves, for instance a whole train coach by Seen on the wall of the room we are in. This gives a peculiar impression but immerses us in the atmosphere from then. One of the walls is covered by pictures of New York train coaches; the origin of each one is explained, as well as the letterings they show.

Upstairs, an exhibition features works by Jonone and Poch, reflecting today’s graffiti. This is temporary, as the exhibition changes constantly.
In the garden two huge walls have been set up, showing, when I was there, works by Obey and the French stencil artist YZ. Moreover the front of the Fondation Cartier has been covered by a giant graffiti.

Outside the foundation, on the street side, the fence is free to use for passing graffers, which is nice considering the location.
Here are some pics, mostly of the outside fence, as it was forbidden to make pictures inside the foundation.

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Until the 10th of January,
at the Fondation Cartier
261 Boulevard Raspail
75014 Paris

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By admin, 14 December 2008 6:59 PM

This exhibition takes place not far from Paris city hall, 23 rue Renard, from the 29th November to the 31st of December in the gallery L.J. Beaubourg.

(20 Ans De Graffiti Flyer)

Four artists are part of the show (Honet, POCH, RCF1 and STAK). All of them have been street art artists for more than 20 years (thus the name of the exhibition, which means “20 years of street art”).

The majority of the works presented is by POCH, who makes stencils as well as more classic graffiti. Here, there are only stencils, which have been strongly influenced by the punk skinhead movement.

Another artist (STAK) makes lace-like works by burning paper with a lighter. There is also a video showing him doing it.

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