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JonOne

Untitled 923

2020

Acrylic on metal curtain

80 × 60 cm

Unique

Location: France

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6,720 € 6720.0 EUR 6,720 €

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About the artwork

A metal curtain is tagged with the blaze of its author, JonOne, repeated in different colors. This work reminds us of the importance of names and signatures in the urban scene. The multiplication of the tag doesn't prevent it from being read. They are juxtaposed and share the same space, reminding us once again of the importance of respecting the name and work of others in the urban scene. Part of a series, this work is charged with a real sense of authenticity due to its metal support. It seems to have been taken straight from the street and, in a dialogue between form and content, becomes a metaphor for the passage of street artists into the gallery.

Expert opinion

In this painting, the urban dimension of JonOne's work takes precedence over his usual all-over. Expressing the transition from the street to the gallery, it presents a new aspect of JonOne's work. Somewhere between urban calligraphy and abstract expressionism, his work is acclaimed as the meeting point between urban art and more modern practices.

About the artist

Dominican-born John Andrew Parello alias JonOne was born in New York in 1963. A child of Harlem, he cut his teeth bombing the trains and walls of his neighborhood from the age of seventeen. Quickly and completely self-taught, he made the transition from urban medium to canvas, creating paintings influenced by his own life: hip hop, the street and the subway, reproducing the vision of a graffitied train and its drips. JonOne's practice is characterized by "freestyle", a watchword that imposes no limits, making each of his canvases the result of an abstract improvisation. His first solo exhibition, entitled "Graffitism", took place in 1990 at Galerie Gleditsch 45 in Berlin, Germany. This was followed by group and solo exhibitions all over the world (Tokyo, Monaco, Paris, Geneva, New York, Hong Kong, Brussels...), making JonOne a major artist on the contemporary urban scene.

“Painting opens me up to myself, allowing me to communicate with who I really am.”

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