About the artwork
The artist reuses the world-famous image of Mickey Mouse, the famous mouse, by pasting on the head of Felix the cat, also straight out of a cartoon. Both are iconic symbols of American mass culture, born at the beginning of the 20th century and spread throughout the world. By interpreting them, Speedy Graphito works on the notion of memory. Following in the footsteps of Pop Art artists of the 60s, notably Roy Lichtenstein, Speedy Graphito reuses the dotted line technique, anchoring his desire to blend his pictorial culture with that of comic strips.
Expert opinion
This work is emblematic of Speedy Graphito's collages of popular references, following in the footsteps of the greatest Pop Art artists.
About the artist
Born in 1961, Olivier Rizzo, aka Speedy Graphito, is one of the pioneers of French street art. He lives and works in Paris. He graduated from the Estienne art school in 1983, during which time he produced his first stencils for Groupe X Moulinex and adopted his current pseudonym. His artistic universe is constantly evolving, and he never hesitates to seize and divert images rooted in collective memory. In so doing, he questions the paradigms in force in Western culture, while not omitting to superimpose poetic elements that are dear to him. His work has been the subject of numerous solo exhibitions, including at the Provost Hacker gallery in Lille, the Musée en herbe in Paris in 2021 and the Musée Ingres Bourdelle in Montauban in 2022.
“I like the idea that people are connected by their culture, by their memory, and that a character like Mickey, when you show an image of him all over the world, everyone identifies with him.”
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