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Press Release:
C215 has
made a name for himself internationally as a street artist, second to none. For
the past 5 years, he has been taking himself across the world, to major cities
and small towns and ‘decorating’ their street walls with his own special brand
of beautiful and intricate stencil artwork. His approach has always been to get
involved with the street and get the inhabitants to enjoy and appreciate his
contribution to their environment. Sometimes he achieves this by producing
portraits of local people or even local cats. His reputation is such that he
frequently gets invited back to work in places he has visited, at times funded
to work there by local councils or businesses.
Most recently, he has formed a tremendous relationship in his hometown of
Vitry, in Paris, where he has been encouraged to work on the street and to
invite international street artists of his choice, to do so also. The resulting
riot of street art in a humble suburb has been a major achievement for him.
Over the past three years, C215 has been developing his work inside galleries.
Mostly this artwork has reflected his work on the street - imaginatively
transferring to wood and canvas his portraits that have become so loved
outside. The response from buyers has been excellent and he has shown all over
Europe and the US. Recently there has been a major retrospective of his work in
Milan, which was marvelously received, showing the range, power and variety of
images he has produced over the past five years.
‘Midnight Dreams’ will be C215’s second solo show with us at Signal. In the
show, the artist is moving away from reproducing works whose origins are on the
street. He is developing a style that has more fantasy and independent
imaginative force. Inspired by colourful memories from his childhood in
Orleans, the work that will be shown will retain the fabulous use of intricate
stencil work, with a freshness, lightness of touch and brilliant use of colour,
that has not been appropriate in his street work to date. The artist has
produced a dazzling new body of work that is sure to impress his fans and is
bound to gain him new admirers.