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Monkeybird

Price Tax incl.:
5600 EUR

"Conservatory 110 x 130 cm Stencil, acrylic on wood 2022 Unique in its process, this authentic stencil finely assembled on noble wood, a vestige of an urban clandestine use, reveals the meticulousness of the stencil-makers' technique revealing its secrets in the purest tradition of master craftsmen of illumination, engraving or marquetry. This paper lace will delight the most demanding among you in search of confidential collectibles. Created in 2012, the Monkey Bird Crew (MBC) is formed by two young artists from Bordeaux who are Temor and Blow the Bird (or The Blow). Stencil artists known for the precision of their line and the fineness of the cut, entirely handmade, they are specialized in the representations of metaphysical architectures where the Bird ("Blow") and the Monkey ("Temor") cohabit. Inspired by treatises on geometry, mechanics, cosmology and astronomy, they use all sorts of mediums and supports, including illumination and calligraphy. Moreover, they have an obsession with reintroducing an animal presence on the walls of cities. These animals, not so different from those present in the famous fables of La Fontaine, maliciously refer us to our own human preoccupations, halfway between the desire for freedom and elevation (symbolized by the Bird) and the material and bodily obsessions from which man cannot free himself (the Monkey). If they invest the walls of the cities (Paris where they live, Lille, Bordeaux but also Amsterdam, New Delhi and several cities of Mexico), they also produce works on various supports of recovery (wood, metal, glass) and on paper.

Galerie Magnetic
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33000 Bordeaux
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