MEETING & SIGNING: MOLITOR X KOUKA
Date(s)
- The Bookshop has the great pleasure to welcome the artist Kouka for a signature in collaboration with the artistic team of Molitor.
Kouka will create a work on a wall of books putting "Molitor: artistic vibrations" in the spotlight. The books that make up this wall will be offered for sale at the Bookshop at the end of the performance.
THE BOOK
For three decades the name of Molitor has been closely linked to the history of street art.
Temple of the underground in the years 1990/2000, while it was abandoned, the establishment developed as soon as it reopened, in 2014, an ambitious curatorial approach, faithful to the spirit of this period. It has allowed some 70 urban artists to each invest one of the cabins of the iconic winter pool, to freely create a work.
The book "Molitor: vibrations artistiques", published by h'artpon, is the first inventory dedicated to this unique museum project.
THE ARTIST
We no longer present Kouka Ntadi, French-Congolese painter, born in Paris in 1981. Grandson of expressionist painter Francis Gruber, graduate of the School of Fine Arts in 2005, he never ceases to confront his origins, on his paintings as in the street. Developing different forms of the portrait, he develops his research themes around the essence of Man, and identity. His work is characterized by the expressiveness and spontaneity of the gesture, voluntarily revealing imperfections and drips. His painting plays with the codes of graffiti to better touch the heart of a research on the status of the image.
Since his famous "Bantu Warriors" which marked his first singular urban imprint, he keeps reminding that the public space, like the world, does not belong to anyone. Asserting himself with an almost obsessive work on the portrait, he creates a veil between the face of the artist and the spectator that becomes protection and vector of thought. Sometimes the figure disappears to give way to writing and its power. Work becomes a white surface where only the force of words is expressed. Indistinct, indecipherable, enigmatic, language is no longer identified, words are transformed into symbols like a return to universality." Biography: Nadège Buffe (Taglialatella Gallery)
MEETING & SIGNING: MOLITOR X KOUKA
Date(s)
- The Bookshop is delighted to welcome artist Kouka for an exceptional signing session in collaboration with the Molitor artistic team.
Kouka has created a work on a wall of books, putting "Molitor: artistic vibrations" in the spotlight. The books on the wall will be on sale at the Bookshop.
THE BOOK
For three decades, the name of Molitor has been intimately linked with the history of street art.
Temple de l’underground dans les années 1990/2000, alors qu’il était abandonné, l’établissement a développé dès sa réouverture, en 2014, une démarche curatoriale ambitieuse, fidèle à l’esprit de cette période. Il a ainsi permis à quelques 70 artistes urbains d’investir chacun l’une des cabines de l’emblématique bassin d’hiver, pour y créer librement une œuvre.
The book "Molitor: vibrations artistiques", published by h'artpon, is the first inventory devoted to this unique museum project.
THE ARTIST
On ne présente plus « Kouka Ntadi, artiste peintre franco-congolais, né à Paris en 1981. Petit-fils du peintre expressionniste Francis Gruber, diplômé de l’école des Beaux-Arts en 2005, il ne cesse de confronter ses origines, sur ses toiles comme dans la rue.
Using different forms of portraiture, he develops his research themes around the essence of Man and identity.His work is characterized by the expressiveness and spontaneity of gesture, deliberately leaving imperfections and drips to appear. His paintings play on the codes of graffiti to get to the heart of an investigation into the status of the image.
Since his famous "Bantu Warriors", which marked his first singular urban imprint, he has never ceased to remind us that public space, like the world, belongs to no-one.With an almost obsessive focus on portraiture, he creates a veil between the artist's face and the viewer, which becomes both protection and a vector of thought. Sometimes the figure disappears to make way for writing and its power. The work becomes a white surface where only the power of words is expressed. Indistinct, indecipherable, enigmatic, language is no longer identified; words become symbols, like a return to universality. Biography: Nadège Buffe (Galerie Taglialatella)
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