MELONCOLIC GRAFFITI - HONET |
Tuesday, 06 December 2005 |
Since 1988, the French graffiti artist Honet has covered the walls of hidden and disserted places across Europe with melancholic beauty. He mixes elegant trash illustration with the romantic atmosphere of the secret places he visits: Balkan balls with Yugoslavian soccer supporters, top-hated skeletons, happy monsters, ram-like women and masked and bound men, these are the images he uses to describe a universe that exists only inside him. "I express nothing special, I live, I'm in the city... and graffiti is like a Eurythmics song", he says. Honet is taking a drive by night in the ruins of Sarajevo; he's invisible in the undergrounds of Bucharest; by the window of the train, destination Warsaw, Berlin fades away. Honet dressed in black and Paris is waiting for him. by Yvan Rodic
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