The Colossus at the Crete Museum — artwork #9999 by Vincent Parisot · Heraklion, Greece
graffiti monkey black-and-white marble-texture amphora minoan faux-marble
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Vincent Parisot is a French visual artist born in 1975 who has been based in Heraklion, Crete, since 2009. Trained at the Fine Art School of Quimper in France and the Limerick Institute of Technology in Ireland, he works across painting, drawing, photography, and public space interventions. After working in public art programs with schools for the Gottfried Honneger Foundation and Espace de l'Art…
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Added 20/04/2026
A monumental mural depicting a monkey rendered in black-and-white faux marble, standing on two Minoan amphorae. The animal's pose — one hand raised over its eyes — is inspired by a Minoan bronze figurine of the "adorant" type. The work belongs to Vincent Parisot's Marmaromaimou series and questions the relationship between archaeology, nature, and memory.
The artwork Le Colosse au musée de Crète is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of Heraklion in Greece, more precisely here: Sofoklis Venizelou Avenue, 71202 Heraklion, Crete.
This graffiti is also tagged as: monkey, black-and-white, marble-texture, amphora, minoan, faux-marble.
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