saturday night live.
Earlier this week I wrote about Banksy, the graffiti artist from Britain. I had dinner tonight with Iris Arnaud, a French graphic designer. Arnaud juxtaposes personal images with graffiti to reflect her vision of the world.
These are printouts of the final arrangements that will be printed on plexiglass as part of an exposition that opens on December 15th. Her work is striking and complex, as she combines vintage imagery and text with modern photographs and techniques. Gainsbourg lyrics and cryptic messages evoke Arnaud’s late mother, “Lola,” the inspiration for her current work.
Her art is part of the mixed-media show at Studio/Gallery 173 curated by Thibault Sandret, a French pop artist. Sandret named the show, Don’t Call It Street Art! to emphasize the legitimacy of art, regardless of its medium, once institutionalized.
This exhibition not only plays with ideas of curation, but also with concepts of art and the act of making art. On the opening night the artist COL will execute live graffiti on model, Kat Love.
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