Street Art Update: From Paris With Love

June 7, 2011 , , ,

A city steeped in it’s own history and a deep respect for the cultural arts, Paris has also had a romance with New York – style graffiti since the early 1980s and has a thriving Street Art scene of it’s own making today.  In yet another example of institutional recognition of the contribution of graffiti and Street Art, the city hosted an exemplary tribute to graffiti history two years ago with “Graffiti, Born in the Streets,” an exhibition that took over the gallery space of the Fondazione Cartier. The popular show included the building’s façade and the surrounding garden as well as large scale photos of tags and pieces displayed in the Paris Metro on buses, and of course, trains.

Recently photographer Er1cBl41r did a small survey of the Street Art scene in Paris and shares some images here. In this collection we can see that the techniques of stencils (many one-color), wheatpastes, direct painting, illustration, and of course the glued tiles of local street artist Invader are in many locations around the city.

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Banom (photo © Er1cBl41r)

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Ema (photo © Er1cBl41r)

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A classic New York style graff truck from FD Cru (photo © Er1cBl41r)

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Ludo (photo © Er1cBl41r)

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Invader (photo © Er1cBl41r)

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Invader (photo © Er1cBl41r)

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Invader meets Bullwinkle (photo © Er1cBl41r)

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Popeye (photo © Er1cBl41r)

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