In a rare case of graffiti in Paris, a marble slab creameries has become a permanent fixture in the French capital, transforming its exterior into an ode to graffiti.
A group of Parisian artists, artists and art students painted the slab creamerie on a concrete slab in front of the French embassy, where the sealer was being prepared to be installed.
“I wanted to create a graffiti icon in Paris and this is how I did it,” said the student, who asked to remain anonymous.
The mural was painted by the students, who worked on the slab in collaboration with an artist named Alain, who was commissioned to do the work.
“The sealer has been installed in the centre of the seal, where it will be placed on the monument of the great artist,” the student explained.
“It’s the seal and the sculpture, so I wanted to portray the artist who gave the sculpture its life, the artist of the stone slab,” he said.
Alain explained to The Independent the project was a collaboration between the students and their art teacher.
“We started by painting the slab, but we decided to do it as graffiti because the sealers is a public building,” Alain said.
“This is the first time that I’ve ever been a part of graffiti, so it’s really special.”
If you look closely, you can see that it’s a graffiti that I made, so we have a long relationship with this sealer.
“The mural will remain on the pavement, as will the graffiti that has been painted on the marble slab.
The students have now raised around €300,000 (£265,000) through crowdfunding to have the mural in the center of the embassy.
Alains art teacher, Jean-Pierre Busson, told Al Jazeera that the students had created a mural for the first ever time in Paris.”
Busson said the students are “really proud” of the mural, but said that they would not be able to do something like this again.””
The idea was to make a space that represents the history of the city and to represent the culture of the people, because Paris is very multicultural.”
Busson said the students are “really proud” of the mural, but said that they would not be able to do something like this again.
“That is the point, we cannot do this again,” he added.
“A graffiti mural is a graffiti, it’s not a graffiti sculpture.
It is a piece of art that has to be reproduced in the next generation.”
The students said that while they would love to have a permanent permanent plaque on the seal of the Great Artist, they would like to do so in a private space.
“Right now we can’t have a plaque on that because we’re afraid of losing our work, our dignity,” said Alain.