“Wall Street Art”: The merging together of two phrases (Wall Street, Street Art) that never had much to do with each other, but now sometimes do.
Additionally it is the newly branded mural program/festival across 24 municipalities in France under the artistic direction of Jourdain Gautier, whose name you may recognize from his founding and directorial roles with Mathgoth Gallery, LE MUR, and 100 Walls for Youth – all Paris based efforts.
“Wall Street Art” has expanded and renamed Essone – a festival that previously hosted walls by artists like Speedy Graphito, Clet, Cranio, and Monkeybird, among others, and now brings us a new wall in Lieusaint.
David Walker for Wall Street Art in Lieusaint, France. May 2017. (photo © Mathgoth Gallery – Paris)
We begin today with David Walker, the Englishman who lives in Berlin whose singular styling of female subjects is known in tens of cities across the world. You’ve seen his work here many times, turning his attentive adoration to the countenance of this wistful sky-gazing figure. “One recognizes the artist’s particular style where layer after layer, the different colors end up forming a portrait that sometimes borders with hyperrealism, and especially in the eye,” says Jourdain.
Beginning this Tuesday the next artist in the program, Germany’s ECB, will begin his mural in EVRY. We hear stories as well of other greats in the program like Case Maclaim, Fintan Magee, C215, and Astro.
Meanwhile, you can catch Case Maclaim here in Brooklyn today and tomorrow with the Bushwick Collective at the annual Block Party.
David Walker for Wall Street Art in Lieusaint, France. May 2017. (photo © Mathgoth Gallery – Paris)
David Walker for Wall Street Art in Lieusaint, France. May 2017. (photo © Mathgoth Gallery – Paris)
David Walker for Wall Street Art in Lieusaint, France. May 2017. (photo © Mathgoth Gallery – Paris)
David Walker for Wall Street Art in Lieusaint, France. May 2017. (photo © Mathgoth Gallery – Paris)
David Walker for Wall Street Art in Lieusaint, France. May 2017. (photo © Mathgoth Gallery – Paris)
David Walker for Wall Street Art in Lieusaint, France. May 2017. (photo © Mathgoth Gallery – Paris)
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