PiTR

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBZFa2uG4hS8I3ngnc7ulsb5rk4kJDzlaRgHBFgMKJKVJhqJzCd_UIfKuIvfZasyYTcY22fmK8vRlzaiQ72DjdY6T9jkB1zGBxJEQVaXg0xAVqtHnwu2XlEzRfZ3bDZqzsO4Pd0cN9tA/s1600/2010+June+18+DSC_0611.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="546" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbBZFa2uG4hS8I3ngnc7ulsb5rk4kJDzlaRgHBFgMKJKVJhqJzCd_UIfKuIvfZasyYTcY22fmK8vRlzaiQ72DjdY6T9jkB1zGBxJEQVaXg0xAVqtHnwu2XlEzRfZ3bDZqzsO4Pd0cN9tA/s1600/2010+June+18+DSC_0611.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">PiTR</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">One Paris' graphic street artists, PiTR </div><div style="text-align: center;">met another street artist, Ella.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">When asked how they met, PiTR said:</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We met each other one autumn evening in 2007 in the streets of St Etienne, while pasting. Ella, who comes from the south of France, was pasting up her first drawings, and I asked her what she was doing and if she’d like to paste work with me. She said yes – now we have two children.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">You can read about them <a href="http://streetartparis.fr/interview-ella-pitr-st-etienne/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">PiTR</span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Streets of Paris</span></span></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></i></span></span></div>

PiTR

PiTR One Paris' graphic street artists, PiTR  met another street artist, Ella. When asked how they met, PiTR said: We met each other one...

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Robert Combas - Rue des Haudriettes

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbEIWgTmKVW8IcaHjdSfazQDJH5pXbtoC-uGs6WwvLdDE6fFQoPCvL4VIRKMRAIuUl3Hwf1kjTxu-OttS8_GP2a5rP1kSDtVDRwj9aBpnBotqsga99dGh9Ac9sXc7quH6tHk5eytalC8U/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+213+DSC_0912.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbEIWgTmKVW8IcaHjdSfazQDJH5pXbtoC-uGs6WwvLdDE6fFQoPCvL4VIRKMRAIuUl3Hwf1kjTxu-OttS8_GP2a5rP1kSDtVDRwj9aBpnBotqsga99dGh9Ac9sXc7quH6tHk5eytalC8U/s1600/2013+Nov19+Paris+_20131119+213+DSC_0912.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Robert Combas</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A French artist born in Lyon in 1957, he has exhibited in France and New York City.</div><div style="text-align: center;">This painting was created in 2000 and is titled,  <em> </em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><em>La femme lumière de l’homme</em></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">From a statement on <a href="http://www.combas.com/" target="_blank">his website</a>, his art is meant to... </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> “provoke, that is, to trigger a reaction in the spectator </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">only to ‘invite’ him, beckoning him in </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">and whispering in his ear ‘come over and talk to me, </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">I want to tell you about the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stupidity" title="Stupidity">stupidity</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Violence" title="Violence">violence</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beauty" title="Beauty">beauty</a>,  </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love" title="Love">love</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatred" title="Hatred">hatred</a>, seriousness and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun" title="Fun">fun</a>, the logic </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">and senselessness that pervade our day-to-day lives’ ”</span></i>.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Robert Combas mural</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">4, rue des Haudriettes</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75003, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Robert Combas - Rue des Haudriettes

Robert Combas A French artist born in Lyon in 1957, he has exhibited in France and New York City. This painting was created in 2000 and is t...

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Le Centaure

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkrWmZKMxmcIy1srN46ZUqq0LYuod-Xob4_p4zBSQ4uqbv9eQnLSQI978tu_IlDTO9nbCSxkSKb6RCCePTPTmCZZ4AB1Iz69xuKRU5dwBG8sDweXlGlLzltXhUaQNpdE_E88l2iM_Nss/s1600/2013+Nov13+Paris+_20131113+054+DSC_8593.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkrWmZKMxmcIy1srN46ZUqq0LYuod-Xob4_p4zBSQ4uqbv9eQnLSQI978tu_IlDTO9nbCSxkSKb6RCCePTPTmCZZ4AB1Iz69xuKRU5dwBG8sDweXlGlLzltXhUaQNpdE_E88l2iM_Nss/s1600/2013+Nov13+Paris+_20131113+054+DSC_8593.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Le Centaure</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This large bronze sculpture represents the mythical centaur </div><div style="text-align: center;">with the body of a horse and the bust of a man. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It was created in 1985 by the French artist César Baldaccini </div><div style="text-align: center;">(called simply César) and sits in the small place Michel Debré </div><div style="text-align: center;">at the intersection of Rue du Cherche-Midi and Rue de Sèvres.  </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Interestingly, the artist placed his face </div><div style="text-align: center;">as the head of this strange sculpture</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Le Centaure</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Place Michel Debré</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue du Cherche-Midi et Rue de Sèvres</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Le Centaure

Le Centaure This large bronze sculpture represents the mythical centaur  with the body of a horse and the bust of a man. It was created in 1...

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Belleville - Rue Dénoyez

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZphyphenhyphenuElZrM5YD5rEESvQ1LESeQti_PoFuVftlfq_A5fE7zd8CdBIbUJKIr8rr_bboh64XPBgAic_MuqwREGMk7tKYhf8cm-bLgfTjRfiuzjwo8-qYZviJ7rsz1B3_bYQMoF1eKndMZQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+150+DSC_9103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZphyphenhyphenuElZrM5YD5rEESvQ1LESeQti_PoFuVftlfq_A5fE7zd8CdBIbUJKIr8rr_bboh64XPBgAic_MuqwREGMk7tKYhf8cm-bLgfTjRfiuzjwo8-qYZviJ7rsz1B3_bYQMoF1eKndMZQ/s1600/2013+Nov15+Paris+_20131115+150+DSC_9103.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Rue Dénoyez - graffiti street</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This street of abandoned buildings and closed shops </div><div style="text-align: center;">has been transformed as a palette for graffiti artists, </div><div style="text-align: center;">welcomed by the Belleville community </div><div style="text-align: center;">and supported by nearby stores, cafés, and markets.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Each time you visit this street, the canvas will have changed,</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and you might find one of these artists at work.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Rue Dénoyez</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">(between Rue de Belleville and Rue Ramponeau)</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75020, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Métro Belleville</span></i></div>

Belleville - Rue Dénoyez

Rue Dénoyez - graffiti street This street of abandoned buildings and closed shops  has been transformed as a palette for graffiti artists,  ...

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Art urbain - Jérôme Mesnager et Julien Malland

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNSBLiA_Ywfa3NI4_gkj1vTcBBGYwhF17gBlf7xFy2HwsaQX9SUYKb3VrGbxcEU5li5wbJCgZor9Ra1aXIFXAvfMHOeLmdRwBfOlKSqdmEcenOKlvS8uRlmv7kLvHaPlaBqQNRvVi8vY/s1600/2013+Nov17+Paris+_20131117+183+DSC_9829.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="460" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcNSBLiA_Ywfa3NI4_gkj1vTcBBGYwhF17gBlf7xFy2HwsaQX9SUYKb3VrGbxcEU5li5wbJCgZor9Ra1aXIFXAvfMHOeLmdRwBfOlKSqdmEcenOKlvS8uRlmv7kLvHaPlaBqQNRvVi8vY/s640/2013+Nov17+Paris+_20131117+183+DSC_9829.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Urban art</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><b>Jérôme Mesnager, </b>born in 1961, is one of the first painters of the streets of Paris, and is known as the father of the l'Homme en blanc, the man in white.  This recognizable figure is known around the world and has appeared from the walls of Paris to the Great Wall of China.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Now, with regard to the figure in blue, I am stumped and at a loss to know the artist.  Please send me an email or leave a comment if you recognize this intriguing style.  With the two figures "floating" together, I wonder if the urban art was created simultaneously or one followed the other.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Update:  The figure in blue is by Julien "Seth" Malland  </span><br /><strong>'Julien “Seth” Malland is a world traveling, street painting, socially conscious individual roaming the far places of this planet.</strong> Sometimes based in Paris, the street artist took a three year journey around the world to bring his art to remote areas. At different locations he would spend time with the local people, then create cheery pieces displaying children and colors to “liven up” the communities.' (from visual news.com) - Thank you, Vreni</div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i><b>Jérôme Mesnager</b>, art urbain</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>Rue Blainville</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><i>75005, Paris</i></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

Art urbain - Jérôme Mesnager et Julien Malland

Urban art Jérôme Mesnager, born in 1961, is one of the first painters of the streets of Paris, and is known as the father of the l'Homme...

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