Jef Aérosol's Child with Red Butterflies — artwork #5241 by Jef Aérosol · Roubaix, France
graffiti enfant papillon butterfly poétique noir-et-blanc stencil
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Jean-François Perroy, known as Jef Aérosol, was born in Nantes in 1957. Self-taught, he put up his first stencil on the walls of Tours in 1982, just as punk culture was reshaping the urban landscape, and belongs to the first French generation of the form, alongside Blek le Rat, Miss Tic and Epsylon Point. He has lived and worked in Lille since 1984. His vocabulary rests on very few elements: blac…
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Added 30/08/2021
Jef Aérosol depicted on this Roubaix station pillar a child looking up at red butterflies taking flight. The contrast between the monochrome stencil of the child and the brightly colored red butterflies is a visual signature of the artist. The work evokes innocence and freedom through a poetic and universal image.
The artwork Jef Aérosol's Child with Red Butterflies is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of Roubaix in France, more precisely here: Gare Jean Lebas, 59100 Roubaix, France.
This graffiti is also tagged as: enfant, papillon, butterfly, poétique, noir-et-blanc, stencil.
Find all artworks by the artists who contributed to its creation by clicking on their name: Jef Aérosol
The photo was published on 30-08-2021 by Rabot.
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