Book signing Guide du Street Art à Paris 24-25

Join us on Saturday 20 April from 4pm to 6pm at the Fluctuart Bookshop to celebrate the release of the Guide du street art à Paris 2024-2025, published by Alternatives. We’ll be delighted to welcome you, Chrixcel, Thom Thom and a great selection of artists to celebrate the release of this long-awaited guide!

About the book :

Explore the best urban art and graffiti spots in Paris and its suburbs on the following 10 richly illustrated itineraries:

– Getting off to a good start in the Marais – 13 nuances de street – Le renouveau des murs de l’Est – Montmartre rime avec street art – Ménilmontant et Belleville, de butte en butte – De Bobigny à Paris, le long du canal – Vers le Grand-Paris, des Lilas à Vincennes – Vitry “Sûre Scène” – cap au sud dans le ^14e arrondissement (new*) – De la porte de Clichy à la porte de Saint-Ouen* (new).

For each route, you’ll find: a map to help you find your way around immediately; a detailed street-by-street itinerary; sections summarising the history of the district; a “not-to-be-missed” focus to help you discover a must-see venue; a box entitled “The artist in the spotlight” to help you understand the artists’ approach; a zoom section to find out everything you need to know about the techniques used by the artists.

About the authors:

Chrixcel has been passionate about urban art since 2007. An author and photographer in the field, from 2011 to date she has published over fifteen books, including nine monographs and two fine art books with Critères. A regular writer of biographies, exhibition catalogues and press releases for galleries, from summer 2022 she will be contributing to Graffiti Art Magazine. As well as writing about street art, Chrixcel explores the world in search of abandoned places.

Nicknamed “The artist with the cutter”, Thomas Schmitt, also known as Thom Thom, founded the Le MUR association with Jean Faucheur in 2003. Based in Paris since 2000, he has developed his artistic practice through the research of the New Realists and the Situationists, who inspire him. Thom Thom works in situ on advertising hoardings, particularly in the eleventh arrondissement of Paris. He cuts out, sculpts and chisels posters. One layer, two layers, ten layers: all his work plays on thickness. He is an authentic poster archaeologist. Alongside his artistic career, Thom Thom has been a guide for Street Art Tour Paris since 2015.