Art Out Of Gallery
Art Out Of Gallery
French street artist Thierry Noir was the first to daub the ultimate symbol of communist repression with cartoonish graffiti, and his creations became world famous. Here he talks about some of his Berlin Wall paintings.
Source: THE GUARDIaN
“This is a collaboration with Christophe Bouchet, a remake of the Tortoise and the Hare fable. In our version, the hare wins. We painted these on 13 August 1985, for the 24th anniversary of the construction of the Wall.”
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Source: THE GUARDIaN
“This elephant was one of my first paintings on the Berlin Wall. I started painting outside because I wanted to say that it's good to put art in the streets and not solely in museums and galleries. This painting represented the key to success – heavy work every day. If you wait at home for inspiration, you can wait a very long time.”
Source: THE GUARDIaN
“This is me painting the wall in 1985. The dinosaurs represent a mutation of nature – because the Berlin Wall and the paintings I created were like a mutation of culture.”
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