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34 - Thierry NOIR I feel great in my new shoes. I can dance the T…
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Thierry NOIR I feel great in my new shoes. I can dance the Twist - 2003 Acrylic on canvas Signed; countersigned, titled and dated on the back "22 August 2003". 150 x 120 cm Acrylic on canvas; signed; countersigned, titled and dated on the reverse 59.1 x 47.2 in. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the current owner FR Thierry Noir was born in Lyon in 1958 and grew up in France before moving to Germany in the early 1980s. He moved to Berlin in January 1982, at the height of the Cold War. Armed with two small suitcases, he moved into a squat at Mariannenplatz with one of his friends, Christophe-Emmanuel Bouchet. At the time, the Berlin Wall was still standing, splitting the city in two, and Soviet militias were rampaging through the GDR as fast as they could. A militant artist at heart, Thierry Noir quickly became interested in the symbol of the Berlin Wall and sought to make his own contribution, but in his own way. He wanted to destroy this symbol, demystify it and ridicule it. So it was with a desire for rebellion and a certain melancholy about the society of the time that, in 1982, he painted some graffiti on the 3-metre-high wall: yellow, red and green shapes that were as simple as they were quick to make. One of his first works was an ode to Jean de la Fontaine's fable, "The Hare and the Tortoise", which he produced with his colleague Christophe-Emmanuel Bouchet. Indeed, it was strictly forbidden to go near the wall, and even more so to draw anything on it. The conditions under which he had to paint enabled him to develop a fast and effective painting technique - a technique he himself develops in his essay "Fast Form Manifest". This technique is unique to him and consists of painting a shape in a single stroke, resulting in linear and circular works that are relatively simple. His beginnings in the capital were complicated by the repression of the security services and the mistrust of the inhabitants, who suspected him of being an agent of the American or French secret services. Nevertheless, as soon as the Wall came down in 1989, Thierry Noir gained a certain notoriety and was even credited with the beginnings of street art. In the space of 5 years, he covered more than 6 km of the Berlin Wall. He is now considered one of the leading figures in street art, along with Miss.Tic. EN Thierry Noir was born in Lyon in 1958 and grew up in France before moving to Germany in the early 1980s. He moved to Berlin in January 1982, at the height of the Cold War. Equipped with two small suitcases, he settled in a squat at Mariannenplatz with one of his friends, Christophe-Emmanuel Bouchet. At that time, the Berlin Wall was still standing, splitting the city in two and the Soviet militias were raiding the GDR side whenever possible. A militant artist at heart, Thierry Noir quickly became interested in the symbol of the Berlin Wall and sought to make his contribution to the building, but in his own way. He wants to destroy this symbol, demystify it and ridicule it. It was with a desire for rebellion and a certain melancholy towards the society of the time that he painted some graffiti on the 3-metre high wall in 1982: yellow, red and green shapes that were as simple as they were fast. One of his first works was an ode to Jean de la Fontaine's fable, "The Hare and the Tortoise" - a work he did with his colleague Christophe-Emmanuel Bouchet. Indeed, it was formally forbidden to approach the wall and even more so to draw anything on it. The conditions under which he had to paint enabled him to develop a fast and efficient painting technique - a technique that he himself develops in his essay "Fast Form Manifest". This technique is unique to him and consists of painting a form in one stroke, resulting in linear and circular works that are relatively simple. His debut in the capital proved complicated due to the repression of the security services and the distrust of the inhabitants who suspected him of being an agent of the American or French secret services. Nevertheless, as soon as the Wall came down in 1989, Thierry Noir gained a certain notoriety and was even credited with the beginnings of street art. In the space of 5 years, he covered more than 6 km of the Berlin Wall. Since then, he has been considered one of the major figures of street art, in the same way as Miss.Tic. Thierry NOIR
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