FUTURA INTROSPECTIVE
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PIONNIER DU MOUVEMENT STREET ART REMARQUÉ AU DÉBUT DES ANNÉES 70 POUR SES GRAFFITIS ABSTRAITS SANS LETTRAGE, FUTURA EST UNE VÉRITABLE LÉGENDE. A L’INSTAR DE BASQUIAT, SEEN OU KEITH HARING, FUTURA PARTICIPE À DE NOMBREUSES EXPOSITIONS DÈS LES ANNÉES 80 À NEW-YORK. IL FAIT NOTAMMENT PARTIE DE LA LÉGENDAIRE NEW-YORK/NEW WAVE AU PS1 QUI DRESSE EN 1981 LE PORTRAIT DE CETTE NOUVELLE GÉNÉRATION REVOLUTIONNANT L’ART PAR DES MODES D’EXPRESSIONS TOUT À FAIT NOVATEURS. SON STYLE EST RECONNAISSABLE ENTRE TOUS TANT PAR SES MOTIFS ABSTRAITS QUI REMPLACENT LES CLASSIQUES « TAGS » QUE PAR LA VIVACITÉ DE SES COMPOSITIONS. ARTISTE HORS-NORMES, VIRTUOSE DE LA BOMBE, FUTURA N’A PAS FINI D’IMPRESSIONNER ET D’INSPIRER LES NOUVELLES GÉNÉRATIONS. CETTE EXPOSITION EST L’OCCASION POUR TOUS DE DÉCOUVRIR OU REDÉCOUVRIR À TRAVERS DES OEUVRES RÉCENTES ET TOTALEMENT INÉDITES CET ARTISTE TOUJOURS AU SOMMET.
PIONEER OF STREET ART MOVEMENT, KNOWN FROM THE 70s FOR HIS ABSTRACT GRAFFITIS WITHOUT LETTERS, FUTURA IS A REAL LEGEND. AS BASQUIAT, SEEN, OR KEITH HARING, FUTURA HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN A NUMEROUS EXHIBITIONS SINCE THE 80s IN NEW-YORK. NOTABLY THE LEGENDARY NEW-YORK / NEW WAVE AT THE PS1 IN 1981. THIS EXHIBITION DRAWS THE PORTRAIT OF A NEW GENERATION REVOLUTIONIZING ART WITH COMPLETELY NEW ART EXPRESSIONS. HIS STYLE STANDS OUT AMONG THE OTHERS, AS MUCH FOR HIS ABSTRACT PATTERNS WHICH REPLACE THE CLASSICAL “TAGS” AS FOR THE LIFE OF HIS COMPOSITION. EXCEPTIONAL ARTIST, VIRTUOSO OF SPRAY CAN, FUTURA IS STILL IMPRESSING AND INSPIRING NEW GENERATIONS. THIS SOLO SHOW, OFFERING NEW WORKS SHOWN FOR THE FIRST TIME, IS THE OCCASION FOR EVERYONE TO DISCOVER OR REDISCOVER THIS ARTIST WHO IS STILL AT HIS BEST.
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Futura Key Lime Pie Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 198 x 198 cm 2014
Futura Manziel Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 198 x 198 cm 2014
Futura Digital print mounted on aluminium 40 x 40 cm unique piece, signed on the back 2014
Futura Grand Closing Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 198 x 198 cm 2014
Futura Digital print mounted on aluminium 40 x 40 cm unique piece, signed on the back 2014
Futura Sabor Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 198 x 198 cm 2014
Futura Rumbaba Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 198 x 198 cm 2014
Futura, Work in progress Digital prints mounted on aluminium 40 x 40 cm, uniques pieces signed on the back 2014
Futura Moscow Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 198 x 198 cm 2014
Futura Sao Paolo Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 198 x 198 cm 2014
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Futura Pollock Redux 1 Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 139 x 139 cm 2014
Futura Pollock Redux 2 Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 139 x 139 cm 2014
Futura Pollock Redux 3 Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 139 x 139 cm 2014
Futura Pollock Redux 4 Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 139 x 139 cm 2014
Futura Pollock Redux 5 Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 139 x 139 cm 2014
Futura Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 139 x 139 cm 2014
Futura Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 139 x 139 cm 2014
Futura White Knight Acrylic and spray paint on canvas 198 x 198 cm 2014
Futura Digital print mounted on aluminium 40 x 40 cm unique piece, signed on the back 2014
Futura Digital print mounted on aluminium 40 x 40 cm unique piece, signed on the back 2014
Futura Starting Five 1 Acrylic and sharpie on paper 60 x 80 cm 2014
Futura Starting Five 2 Acrylic and sharpie on paper 60 x 80 cm 2014
Futura Starting Five 3 Acrylic and sharpie on paper 60 x 80 cm 2014
Futura Starting Five 4 Acrylic and sharpie on paper 60 x 80 cm 2014
Futura Starting Five 5 Acrylic and sharpie on paper 60 x 80 cm 2014
REMERCIEMENTS / THANKS TO : FUTURA AKA LENNY MC GURR, NIKLE GUZIJAN, SKY GELLATLY, SHILEI WANG, ARSEN & ELENA, EMMANUELLE BINOIS, SOPHIE DUHAMEL, LENA LARRASQUET, CAMILLE MERKLEN, CLEMENCE WOLFF, STEPHANE BISSEUIL, GUILLAUME & JEREMY, VINCENT MEZARD FROM MOLITOR, SUSHI SHOP, ALL THE MONTANA CREW, STASH, MODE 2, YUE AND ALL THE FRIENDS.
ALL PHOTOS AND ARTWORKS: COURTESY OF THE ARTIST GALLERY PHOTOS: COURTESY STEPHANE BISSEUIL ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. NO REPRODUCTION OF THIS MATERIAL IS ALLOWED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE ARTIST AND THE GALLERY. THIS CATALOGUE HAS BEEN PUBLISHED ON THE OCCASION OF FUTURA S SOLO SHOW : INTROSPECTIVE HELD IN PARIS AT MAGDA DANYSZ GALLERY ON JUNE 2014.
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