All posts tagged: STeW

Back Alley Survey of Offerings in La Ciutat Vella, Barcelona

Back Alley Survey of Offerings in La Ciutat Vella, Barcelona

La Ciutat Vella or The Old City is a district in Barcelona also known as the Gothic Quarters. Among many things it is also known as the stomping grounds for the young Pablo Picasso, who attended the Fine Arts school that once stood on Calle Avinyó.

Salamidoggy (photo © Lluís Olive)

Not to mention the impressive Gothic architecture and the first project of Famed Catalan architect Antonio Gaudi. Rambling up La Rambla is a good way to check out the parade of Barceloneons with its long walking avenue and take get great food in El Raval which is 50% populated by immigrants who come from many places including South America, Pakistan, the Phillipines, and Romania. Also, its close to the beach.

For those looking for street art this is also a remarkable point of destination. There are no big walls really but The Old City has plenty of back allies where artists find old rusty doors or windows to put up small pieces of Street Art.

The lengths you have to go to have a cigarette these days. Cane (photo © Lluís Olive)

Figurative, fantastical, surreal, dark pop, illustration techniques are favorites for local artiststs, who use all the compliment of modern Street Art techniques, including stencils, posters, stickers, and wheat pastes.

Our sincere thanks to photographer Lluis Olive who visited this part of the city recently and sends this  dispatch of small offerings to share with BSA readers.

Shark party Homer popsicle LSD vision? Konair . Scifu (photo © Lluís Olive)
Konair . Noriaki (photo © Lluís Olive)
Stew (photo © Lluís Olive)
Amazing framing of the piece! Raf Urban (photo © Lluís Olive)
Raf Urban (photo © Lluís Olive)
Guatemao (photo © Lluís Olive)
Rockaxon (photo © Lluís Olive)
Akore (photo © Lluís Olive)
Fake (photo © Lluís Olive)
Joel Arroyo (photo © Lluís Olive)
Bronik (photo © Lluís Olive)
Bronik (photo © Lluís Olive)
Bronik (photo © Lluís Olive)
Ashwan (photo © Lluís Olive)
Sofresso (photo © Lluís Olive)
Read more
Tour Paris 13 : Fluorescent & Towering Show Book

Tour Paris 13 : Fluorescent & Towering Show Book

Another book to tell you about today! Remember when BSA took you to Paris that time and we skipped the line and went into all the floors of this soon to be demolished building?

“The numbers are astounding; 105 artists, 9 floors, 36 apartments, 30,000 visitors.

One hour.

That is how much time Street Art enthusiast Spencer Elzey had to himself inside the largest gallery of Street Artists and graffiti artists ever assembled specifically to transform a building for a public show. As he looked out a window to see the snaking lines of Parisians and tourists restlessly waiting to get in, he couldn’t believe his luck to be able to walk through the exhibit by himself and get off some clear shots before the throng hit.”

That is how we described it in November 2013 when Spencer took us on a whirlwind tour of TOUR 13.

brooklyn-street-tour-Paris-13-12-14-web-1

Tour Paris 13 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Published last month this towering book with the page edges sprayed neon orange was released by Mehdi Ben Cheikh in French and English to commemorate the event, and seeing the installations this way is going to make you wish the place wasn’t destroyed. 500 new photos previously unpublished allows you to see the show as you travel from the cellar to the top floors.

You may wish you had more background on the artists and the context and clearly not all of the artistry is of similar quality but you will be satiated by the images and thankful that they were recorded during their brief duration. Published by Editions Albin Michel, in partnership with the Itinerrance Gallery, this show will continue to soar long after the dust has settled.

brooklyn-street-tour-Paris-13-12-14-web-2

Entes . Tour Paris 13 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

brooklyn-street-tour-Paris-13-12-14-web-3

Inti . Tour Paris 13 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

brooklyn-street-tour-Paris-13-12-14-web-4

Ethos .Tour Paris 13 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

brooklyn-street-tour-Paris-13-12-14-web-5

Seth .Tour Paris 13 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

brooklyn-street-tour-Paris-13-12-14-web-6

Moneyless .Tour Paris 13 (photo © Jaime Rojo)

Artists included in the Tour Paris 13 project:

108, 2MIL FAMILIA, A1ONE, ADD FUEL, AGL, AGOSTINO IACURCI, AMINE, ALEXÖNE, ARRAIANO, AWER, AZOOZ, BOM.K, BTOY, C215, CEKIS, CELESTE JAVA, CLET, COPE2, CORLEONE, DABRO, DADO, DAN23, DAVID WALKER, DEYAA, EIME, eL SEED, ENTES, ETHOS, ETNIK, FENX, FLIP, GAËL, GILBERT, GUY DENNING, HERBERT BAGLIONE, HOGRE, HOPNN, INDIE, INTI ANSA, INTI CASTRO, JAZ, JB ROCK, JÉRÔME GULON, JIMMY C, JOYS, JULIEN COLOMBIER, KAN, KATRE, KEITH HARING, KRUELLA, LEGZ, LEK, LE CYKLOP, LILIWENN, LOIOLA, LUDO, MAIS MENOS, MAR, MÁRIO BELÉM, MARKO, MARYAM, MATÉO GARCIA, MAZ, MONEYLESS, MOSKO, MP5, MYRE, NANO, NEBAY, NEMI “UHU”, NILKO, ORTICANOODLES, PANTÓNIO, PEETA, PHILIPPE BAUDELOCQUE, RAPTO, REA ONE, RODOLPHE CINTORINO, ROTI, SAILE, SAMBRE, SAMINA, SEAN HART, SÉBASTIEN PRESCHOUX, SENSO, SETH, SHAKA, SHOOF, SHUCK 2, SOWAT, SPAZM, SPETO, STeW, STINKFISH, SWOON, TELLA’S, TINHO, TORE, UNO, URIGINAL, VEXTA, VHILS, and WISIGN

 

Click HERE to read BSA’s coverage of this project before the building was demolished.

Read more
Towering Gallery Full of Art to Be Demolished : “La Tour Paris 13”

Towering Gallery Full of Art to Be Demolished : “La Tour Paris 13”

Brooklyn-Street-Art-2-Spencer-Elzey-Residency-Banner-Nov-2013

Brooklyn-Street-Art-La-Tour-Paris-13‎-Spencer-Elzey-Residency-Banner-Nov-2013

The numbers are astounding; 105 artists, 9 floors, 36 apartments, 30,000 visitors.

One hour.

That is how much time Street Art enthusiast Spencer Elzey had to himself inside the largest gallery of Street Artists and graffiti artists ever assembled specifically to transform a building for a public show. As he looked out a window to see the snaking lines of Parisians and tourists restlessly waiting to get in, he couldn’t believe his luck to be able to walk through the exhibit by himself and get off some clear shots before the throng hit.

brooklyn-street-art-el-seed-exterior-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

El Seed. La Tour Paris 13.  Exterior of the tower. (photo © Spencer Elzey)

“The La Tour Paris 13 experience was something that I’ll never forget,” Elzey recounts as he thinks of himself nearly running from apartment to apartment with camera in hand, each room a new discovery, many of them inspiring awe.

“I was on an adrenaline rush while I was inside since I only had an hour by myself before it opened to the public. It wasn’t until later in the morning when I looked back at all of my pictures that I was able to fully understand exactly how much art I just witnessed,” he says.

brooklyn-street-art-kan-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Kan. La Tour Paris 13. Come in. (photo © Spencer Elzey)

Mehdi Ben Cheikh from Galerie Itinerrance, who curated the project La Tour Paris 13 gave permission to Elzey to get these shots for BSA before the crowds arrived and now he was snapping as many as possible.

Over the course of the year artists have devised specific paintings, sculptures, and installations inside the housing tower knowing that it would be exhibited for a month before being demolished. “The number of artists and the amount of space dedicated to this one exhibit is something that I don’t think will ever again be replicated,” he says.

brooklyn-street-art-a1one-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web-2

a1ONE. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

While touring former living rooms, bathrooms, and kitchens Elzey quickly discovered that aerosol and markers were not the only materials used by this global pool of street/graffiti/urban artists who came from far places like Brazil, Iran, US, Tunisia, and even Saudi Arabia in addition to many European countries.

brooklyn-street-art-a1one-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web-1

a1ONE. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

Some artists had staged new perspectives and environments by combining sculptural elements that married into their wall pieces, others like C215 cut into the floorboards to create a relief, still others worked in and around the decaying, partially destroyed infrastructure to create venues that slid into the fantasies of subconscious. “It was a free-for-all in a sense that once inside the apartment the artist had free reign to transform it however they wanted,” he says.

“What isn’t apparent in the pictures is how dark a lot of the rooms were. There were at least three rooms that were essentially dark with the exception of a little black light, while others were dimly lit by a solo lamp or fluorescent bulb. Sometimes you had to walk through holes in the walls to access further rooms.”

brooklyn-street-art-seth-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Seth. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

In his images here you can see the variety of styles and influences that the artists brought to the game, each accepting that it was a one-time-only installation. Maybe this group wasn’t so hard to convince, since the very nature of art on the streets is ephemeral.

“Street Art on the street has an expiration date, but the exact amount of time in which it will stay up isn’t known,” says Elzey, “It can either be covered up by graffiti or another wheat-paste, it can be removed by the building owner, or it can just wither away from being exposed to the elements.”

La Tour Paris 13 brings to mind the multitude of urban explorers who regularly trek into abandoned and neglected places all over the world and leave their mark, activating previously moribund spaces with art, but no one has ever launched a show like this with such genuine quality or with this scope.

brooklyn-street-art-uriginal-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Uriginal. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

“The closest thing that I can compare it to is 5 Pointz,” Elzey says of the grouping of buildings in New Yorks’ Long Island City that provided what was perhaps the original group show venue for urban art from the 1990s until yesterday.  In an ironic mirroring of events, 5 Pointz and its multitude of external paintings underwent “the buff” the night before last after running an every-changing show for about three decades.

The 5 Pointz factory buildings themselves are also slated for demolition and will make way for new condos. “We all knew that its days were extremely numbered,” he says sadly of what had become a New York cultural heritage icon to some and a holy place for graffiti writers and Street Artists and fans from around the world.

 

brooklyn-street-art-tellas-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Tellas. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

The true impact from the La Tour Paris 13 project and 5 Pointz may happen in the mind and heart of the artist and the art fan; perhaps the beauty of this exercise, however short lived, is that the public is being encouraged to re-imagine old buildings for new uses, to consider what else we can do with private and public space.

When that conversation takes place we often realize how the limits of creativity are determined in no small part by imagination.

brooklyn-street-art-sambre-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Sambre. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

While we keep tracking the routes and machinations of this first global people’s art movement that has evolved into  Street Art, we fully expect that we will continue to be surprised and inspired by the creative spirit and by artists.

For Spencer, this Tour was a lot more personal. “Having experienced something like this on such an immense scale and with a definitive end date made me feel like I was part of something special.”

brooklyn-street-art-stew-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Stew. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-shoof-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Shoof. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-david-walker-jimmy-c-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

David Walker. Detail. Jimmy C in the background room. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-guy-denning-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Guy Denning. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-katre-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Katre. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-rea1-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Rea1. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-pantonio-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Pantonio. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-jaz-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Jaz. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-c215-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web-1

C215. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-c215-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web-2

C215. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-belem-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Belem. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-add-fuel-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Add Fuel. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-dado-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Dado. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-bom-k-liliwenn-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Bom K . Liliwenn. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-agostino-iacurci-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Agostino Iacurci. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-entes-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Entes. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-inti-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Inti. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-dan23-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Dan 23. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-maz-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Maz. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-hopnn-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Hopnn. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-jb-rock-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

JB Rock. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-el-seed-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

el Seed. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-cekis-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Cekis. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-nebay-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Nebay. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-ethos-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Ethos. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-mar-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Mar. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-loiola-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Loiola. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-mosko-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Mosko. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-cope-indi184-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Cope and Indi 184. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-ludo-spencer-elzey-le-tour-paris-13-10-13-web

Ludo on the exterior with a view of the line to get in. Detail. La Tour Paris 13.  (photo © Spencer Elzey)

Visit La Tour Paris 13 site for a full set of photographs, details and a full experience of the project.

This article is also published on The Huffington Post.

Huffpost-Screen-Shot-740-pxls-2013-11-20-La-tour-Paris-5Pointz

 

Artists participating include: 108 ( Italy) – 2mil (Brazil) – Add Fuel ( Portugal) – AGL ( France ) – Lacurci Agostino (Italy) – Alexone ( France ) – A1one (Iran) – Amin ( France ) – Aous (Saudi Arabia) – awer (Italy) – Azooz (Saudi Arabia) – Belem (Portugal) – BOM.K ( France ) – Btoy (Spain) – C215 ( France ) – Celeste Java ( France ) – Cope2 (USA) – Corleone (Portugal ) – Dabro (Tunisia) – Dado (Italy) – Dan23 ( France ) – David Walker (UK) – Eime (Portugal) – eL Seed ( Tunisia) – Ethos (Brazil) – Etnik (Italy) – Fenx ( France ) – Flip (Brazil) – Gael ( France ) – Gilbert ( France ) – Guy Denning (UK) – Herbert Baglione (Brazil) – Hogre (Italy) – Hopnn (Italy) – Indie 184 (USA) – Inti Ansa ( France ) – Inti Castro (Chile) – Jaz (Argentina) – JB Rock ( Italy) – Jimmy C ( Australia) – Samina Joao (Portugal) – Jonone (USA) – Joys (Italy) – Julien Colombier ( France ) – Kan ( France ) – Katre ( France ) – Kruella (Portugal) – Legz ( France ) – Lek ( France ) – Liliwenn ( France ) – Loyola (Brazil) – Ludo ( France ) – Mrs. Sanbor ( France ) – March (Portugal) – Marko93 ( France ) , Mario Belem (Portugal) – Maryam (Saudi Arabia) – Mateo Garcia Leon ( France ) – Maz (Saudi Arabia) – moneyless (Italy) – Mosko ( France ) – Mp5 (Italy) – Myra ( France ) – Nano (Chile) – Nebay ( France ) – Nemi Uhu ( France ) – Nilko ( France ) – Orticanoodles (Italy) – PANTONIO (Portugal) – Paulo Arraiano (Portugal) – Peeta (Italy) – Philippe Baudelocque ( France ) – Rapto (Brazil) – Rea 1 ( France ) – Rodolphe Cintorino ( France ) – Roti ( France ) – Sambre ( France ) – Sean Hart ( France ) – Sebastien Preschoux ( France ) – Senso (Italy) – Seth ( France ) – Shaka ( France ) – Shoof (Tunisia) – Shuck2 ( France ) – Sowat ( France ) – Spazm ( France ) – Speto (Brazil) – Stew ( France ) – Stinkfish (Mexico) – Sumo (Luxembourg) – Tellas (Italy) – Tinho (Brazil) – Tore ( France ) -Uno ( France ) – Uriginal (Spain) – Vexta (Australia) – Vhils (Portugal) – / Maismenos (Portugal).

 

<<>>><><<>BSA<<>>><<<>><><BSA<<>>><><<>BSA<<>>><<<>><><BSA
Please note: All content including images and text are © BrooklynStreetArt.com, unless otherwise noted. We like sharing BSA content for non-commercial purposes as long as you credit the photographer(s) and BSA, include a link to the original article URL and do not remove the photographer’s name from the .jpg file. Otherwise, please refrain from re-posting. Thanks!
<<>>><><<>BSA<<>>><<<>><><BSA<<>>><><<>BSA<<>>><<<>><><BSA

 

 

Read more
Street Art in Vitry-sur-Seine (France) : Spencer Elzey in Europe

Street Art in Vitry-sur-Seine (France) : Spencer Elzey in Europe

Brooklyn-Street-Art-2-Spencer-Elzey-Residency-Banner-Nov-2013

Brooklyn-Street-Art-VITRY_Spencer-Elzey-Residency-Banner-Nov-2013

BSA is lucky to be a clearinghouse for many people who participate in and celebrate the Street Art scene – artists, curators, designers, collectors, galleries, museums, researchers, academics, historians and fans. Because we have never taken advertising readers tend to trust our platform and people in the community give us great behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn and share freely with others about the creative process and the culture on the street. It also gives us the freedom to do whatever we want when planning editorial or content.

brooklyn-street-art-claire-pinatel-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

Claire Pinatel (photo © Spencer Elzey)

Recently we had this idea about giving our site out to artists or art-lovers a week at a time so they could also fully share their personal experiences of the Street Art/public art/graffiti/ scene. So this week before Thanksgiving we’re giving the whole week to one person as a “residency”, our way of sharing this valuable platform and inviting you to have a greater voice in this conversation.

Spencer Elzey loves art in general and is an avid Street Art fan in particular and he likes to take trips that include shooting images on the street in whatever city he visits. He also supports artists by buying their art, regularly attending art exhibitions, reading and studying about them and following their evolution. Over the last couple of years we have seen that he is also a dedicated Street Art hunter with camera in hand on the streets of New York City when he isn’t at his regular job – and he loves to share what he finds with others on social media and as an occasional contributor to BSA.

When we heard that Spencer was planning a trip to Europe this fall we proposed to him the idea of him keeping a photo journal to be shared exclusively with BSA readers and we offered to help connect him with some friendly guides on his trip so he could get some splendid and exclusive photos. He enthusiastically accepted the offer and here is the first day of Spencer’s one-week residency on BSA, an edited treasure trove of images and insights from the guy himself.  We know you’re going to dig it.

brooklyn-street-art-stew-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

STeW (photo © Spencer Elzey)

Here’s this weeks schedule:

  • Monday is Vitry-sur-Seine Street Art.
  • Tuesday will be Paris Street Art.
  • Wednesday will be a special collection of the installations from the Le Tour Paris 13 project.
  • Thursday will be his adventures in Berlin.
  • BSA Film Friday will feature a selection of videos reflecting the cities he toured.
  • Saturday will be Spencer’s London showcase.

brooklyn-street-art-roa-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

ROA (photo © Spencer Elzey)

Of all four cities Spencer visited over a two week trip, this one seemed to really embrace the value of street art to the culture, he says. “In terms of which city was the most welcoming of street art I’d have to say Vitry-sur-Seine was because this is really a grassroots campaign kickstarted by C215,” he says of this city of 83,000 that is called a commune and lies on the outskirts of Paris.

It’s not hard to believe that the scene is attributed in large part to the influence of the well-regarded stencil artist C215 as this is a guy who considers his work to be community service and who regularly features people from the city he is in as subjects of his portraits. That’s why he was the perfect guide for Spencer, who says he learned a huge amount of information in a short time.

brooklyn-street-art-c215-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web-3

C215 (photo © Spencer Elzey)

“I have to say that C215 is one of the more interesting, opinionated and knowledgeable artists that I have come across. We started the morning at his local café with a coffee. I explored around a little by myself while he was attending to some prior engagements with his gallery and then he caught up with me out on the streets. We eventually had lunch and then went back to his house. Topics ranged from his opinion on the scene in general, on other artists, on galleries and it even touched on street art websites and documenters.

brooklyn-street-art-c215-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web-2

C215 (photo © Spencer Elzey)

“I hadn’t realized that he has only been doing stenciling for seven years but it was easy to see how far his pieces have come from the few monochrome stencils that still remain around Williamsburg (Brooklyn) from around 2008,” remarks Elzey.

brooklyn-street-art-c215-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web-4

C215 (photo © Spencer Elzey)

“What C215 has done in Vitry-sur-Seine is much bigger than I expected it to be, both in terms of quantity of work in the area as well as the impact on the community. The first piece that he put up there was about five year ago and within that time there have appeared at least 150 different pieces from him and other artists throughout the area,” says Spencer.

brooklyn-street-art-c215-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web-1

C215 (photo © Spencer Elzey)

Naturally, Elzey was shooting whatever odd or curious or thrilling piece he found on his travels through this city that celebrates artists, in addition to the work done by his host. “I was definitely surprised with how much Street Art there was in Vitry-sur-Seine. I took around 200 pictures of different pieces while there and I’m still seeing pictures on Instagram of things that I had missed,” he says.

brooklyn-street-art-c215-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web-5

C215 (photo © Spencer Elzey)

One piece in particular by C215 impressed him a lot – because of it’s impact visually and its perfectly contextual placement. Additionally, Elzey felt that it illustrated the regard that the residents have for the artists work and the fact that people didn’t appear to think of it as illegal or vandalism, per se. “While I was exploring and taking pictures, various residents pointed with excitement about pieces just around the corner that I should go look at,” he says.

brooklyn-street-art-c215-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-virgin-mary-web

C215 (photo © Spencer Elzey)

“There was one older gentleman, probably in his 70s, who just simply said “La porte” and smiled while pointing in a certain direction. I rounded the corner to see a stencil of the Virgin Mary on the back door of the main church,” he says of one of the few religious themed pieces that the artist has created. “C215 had indicated that this was one of his favorite pieces in the area and it was nice to see that residents appreciated it as well. Had it not been for this project there really would be no other reason for me to have travelled down to Vitry-sur-Seine but it was definitely worth it.”

brooklyn-street-art-c215-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web-6

C215 (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-c215-ripo-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

C215 (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-jorge-rodriguez-gerarda-spencer-elzey-vitry-10-13-web

Jorge Rodriguez Gerarda (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-yuri-romagnoli-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

Yuri Romagnoli (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-finbarr-dac-guy-denning-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

Finabarr DAC to the left with Guy Denning to the right. (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-finabarr-dac-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web-2

Finabarr DAC (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-ripo-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

Ripo (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-nychos-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

Nychos (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-emilone-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

EmileOne (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-amour-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

Amour (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-cristian-sonda-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web-2

Cristian Sonda (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-cristian-sonda-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web-1

Cristian Sonda (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-kashink-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

Kashink (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-cope-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

Cope (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-mp5-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

MP5 (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-nunca-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

Nunca (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-david-walker-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

David Walker (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-etnik-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

Etnik (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-indigo-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

Indigo (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-gaia-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

Gaia (photo © Spencer Elzey)

brooklyn-street-art-alice-pasquini-spencer-elzey-vitry-france-10-13-web

Alice Pasquini (photo © Spencer Elzey)

 

We hope you enjoy this one week residency on Brooklyn Street Art and we congratulate Spencer for his dedication, professionalism and enthusiasm.

Our sincere thanks also go to those who offered their hospitality and agreed to give Spencer a tour on our behalf; to the stencil artist C215, who graciously took him around Vitry and who shared with him a history and background on the scene there, to Maroune and Mehdi at Itinerrance Gallery for providing Spencer with special solo access to Le Tour Paris 13 while hundreds were queing outside, and to the dynamic German duo Various & Gould who welcomed him into their studio and showed Spencer some really cool spots around Berlin. This open and generous community spirit really makes the work that we do feel so inspiring to us, and we thank each of you for playing host to Spencer and for sharing your knowledge with the BSA family.

 
<<>>><><<>BSA<<>>><<<>><><BSA<<>>><><<>BSA<<>>><<<>><><BSA
Please note: All content including images and text are © BrooklynStreetArt.com, unless otherwise noted. We like sharing BSA content for non-commercial purposes as long as you credit the photographer(s) and BSA, include a link to the original article URL and do not remove the photographer’s name from the .jpg file. Otherwise, please refrain from re-posting. Thanks!
<<>>><><<>BSA<<>>><<<>><><BSA<<>>><><<>BSA<<>>><<<>><><BSA

 

 

Read more