I’m sure it comes with little surprise, to anyone that’s spent even a modest amount of time in Europe, that Paris is somewhat of a “Mecca” for graffiti. Some of it very much artistic, a portion of it largely destructive and the vast majority of it located somewhere in between. It might come as a surprise though – as it did for me – that in Paris, this is not simply a “static” affair, limited to billboards, gable walls and overpasses, but also a “mobile” one, frequently inscribed onto many of the city’s ‘goods’ vehicles.
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I wanted to just quickly make some comments on an art installation I came across a couple of weeks ago, which until recently I had not quite made up my mind on what to think about it. While rummaging around the expansive flee markets of the 18th arrondissement, we came across, quite by chance, a quiet yet well frequented compound which housed, alongside a small collection of antique boutiques and an appealing burger bar, the Untilthen gallery. A contemporary art space accommodated within an old steel framed warehouse.
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