The Le Locle Collection, 2022 — artwork #16411 by Mantra · Le Locle, Switzerland

graffiti fresque insecte papillon butterfly nature insect hyperréalisme

The Le Locle Collection, 2022 — Street art by Mantra in Le Locle

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Mantra

Mantra is the artistic name of Youri Cansell, a French muralist born in 1987 in Metz, where he is still based. Self-taught, he draws on a childhood passion for entomology, born of hours spent watching nature in the gardens of his youth. His signature: giant entomologist's display cases painted in trompe-l'œil on building façades, in which outsized butterflies appear pinned like specimens. Behind …

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Added 08/09/2026

Mantra turns the facade into an entomologist's case: a painted lady, a blue argus, a coppery butterfly with eyespots and a yellow one, all hyperrealistic, line up in white boxes edged with black and green. A handwritten label dates the series.

The artwork The Le Locle Collection, 2022 is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of Le Locle in Switzerland, more precisely here: Rue Beau-Site 13, 2400 Le Locle, Switzerland.

This graffiti is also tagged as: fresque, insecte, papillon, butterfly, nature, insect, hyperréalisme.

Find all artworks by the artists who contributed to its creation by clicking on their name: Mantra

The photo was published on 08-09-2026 by Pierre Jeanmonod.

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