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JonOne (né en 1963) Untitled (ephemeral hospital period) 1990 Acrylic on canvas signed and dated on back 80 x 80 cm Condition report: Framed John Perello began tagging the subways of his native New York under the name Jon156. He soon renamed himself JonOne. With his graffiti friends Rac7 and Kyle, he founded the 156 All Starz collective. Now living in Paris, with a strong attachment to urban art, he transposes the freedom, colors, vitality and techniques of graffiti onto canvas, exploring the practices of American action painting and European lyrical abstraction. This painting is part of the Hôpital éphémère project, launched in Paris in 1990 by Caroline Andrieux and Christophe Pasquet. The then-abandoned Bretonneau hospital in the 18th arrondissement was transformed into an arts center, with artists' studios, exhibition halls, workshops, recording studios, concert halls, dance and theater studios... The project lasted 7 years and enabled 200 artists to express and showcase their art. Among them was JonOne, who painted his first canvases here. "I had no artistic education. When I was tagging trains in New York, I couldn't imagine that one day I'd be expressing myself on canvas. What really got me into tagging was seeing other people painting graffiti all over the city. The school I went to was very strict. And so boring! I remember that back then, people on the street had freedom. I didn't want what America offered me: a job, a nice suit and a pretty house. I met A-One (Anthony Clark 1964-2001). He used to hang out with Jean-Michel Basquiat (Brooklyn, New-York, December 22, 1960 - August 12, 1988). A-One was the link between the street and the art world. He would travel to Europe and come back with a lot of money, simply because of his art. I'd listen to his travel tales and my eyes would sparkle with envy. Back then in New York, I was like a lot of people today: I hung out in front of my apartment building. In those days, I didn't leave my neighborhood either. Thanks to A-One, I began to take my work seriously, to see it not as vandalism but simply as art."
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JonOne (né en 1963) Untitled (ephemeral hospital period) 1990 Acrylic on canvas signed and dated on back 80 x 80 cm Condition report: Framed John Perello began tagging the subways of his native New York under the name Jon156. He soon renamed himself JonOne. With his graffiti friends Rac7 and Kyle, he founded the 156 All Starz collective. Now living in Paris, with a strong attachment to urban art, he transposes the freedom, colors, vitality and techniques of graffiti onto canvas, exploring the practices of American action painting and European lyrical abstraction. This painting is part of the Hôpital éphémère project, launched in Paris in 1990 by Caroline Andrieux and Christophe Pasquet. The then-abandoned Bretonneau hospital in the 18th arrondissement was transformed into an arts center, with artists' studios, exhibition halls, workshops, recording studios, concert halls, dance and theater studios... The project lasted 7 years and enabled 200 artists to express and showcase their art. Among them was JonOne, who painted his first canvases here. "I had no artistic education. When I was tagging trains in New York, I couldn't imagine that one day I'd be expressing myself on canvas. What really got me into tagging was seeing other people painting graffiti all over the city. The school I went to was very strict. And so boring! I remember that back then, people on the street had freedom. I didn't want what America offered me: a job, a nice suit and a pretty house. I met A-One (Anthony Clark 1964-2001). He used to hang out with Jean-Michel Basquiat (Brooklyn, New-York, December 22, 1960 - August 12, 1988). A-One was the link between the street and the art world. He would travel to Europe and come back with a lot of money, simply because of his art. I'd listen to his travel tales and my eyes would sparkle with envy. Back then in New York, I was like a lot of people today: I hung out in front of my apartment building. In those days, I didn't leave my neighborhood either. Thanks to A-One, I began to take my work seriously, to see it not as vandalism but simply as art."
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