Calling all street-art followers: the Colours Competition is extending its run! The collective, which took over the Ile-de-France area in Champigny-sur-Marne to remodel a forgotten home, remains to be ready for you till July 14, 2024. Below the theme “Nature reclaims its rights”, animals and vegetation take over the location.
The Colours Competition, whose final version needed to be shut down by the authorities, is taking to the open sea, leaving the capital for the Val-de-Marne. For lovers of city artwork, Champigny-sur-Marne is the place to go to get pleasure from this competition, which takes over deserted buildings and dwellings.
Till July 14, 2024, we’re off to 37 avenue Roger Salengro to find a very reworked 300 m2 home. It is a 3-storey former radiology observe, made accessible by Sully Immobilier. A singular, deserted home, as you’d anticipate, the place nature has begun to reclaim its rights. The perfect setting for an distinctive playground forurban artwork artists. In opposition to an ecological backdrop, wildlife await you.
Below the path of Dave Baranes, a famend creator on the earth of street-art, 17 city artists got here to take possession of each wall, each room of the home, which was reworked into an enormous canvas.
Uncover the creations of :
- Dave Baranes the curator @dave_baranes
- Papa Mesk @papa_mesk
- Faunagraphic @faunagraphic
- Combo @combo_ck
- Jo di Bona @jodibona
- Encs @encs1
- Girl Okay @girl.k_156
- Johnny the Pimp @johnnythepimp
- Danova @danova.artwork
- Djalouz @djalouz
- One Mizer @one_mizer
- Mister Copy @mister_copy
- Lets have a skeg @lets_have_a_skeg
- Camille Poli @camille.poli.illustrations
- Cats and that @cats_and_that
- Rblbird @rblbird
- Istraille @istraille
Greater than a basic exhibition, the Colours Competition gives an immersive expertise the place we’re invited to work together with artwork in a dynamic method. From graffiti workshops to studying and coloring areas for youngsters, the competition encourages energetic participation to be accessible to all, no matter their age or stage of experience. What’s extra, there is a café on this system, with a pretty terrace overlooking the backyard the place you possibly can loosen up on sunny days.
The distinctive setting of this home, the place nature is starting to reclaim its rights, provides an additional dimension to the exhibition. The distinction between the urbanity of street-art and the wildness of the encompassing nature guarantees an exquisite discovery. Are you anurbex fan? That is the exhibition for you!
The exhibition is open each weekend and day by day throughout zone C faculty holidays, from 10am to 6pm on weekends and from 11am on trip weeks. Remember the preferential charges accessible in pre-sale; we suggest you e book forward to ensure entry to this must-see street-art spot.
Since opening in February, the gathering has grown by over 40%, with a dozen extra proficient artists becoming a member of the ranks. The home continues to blossom, the works multiply and the backyard is reworked day-to-day. As an added bonus, the portray shed behind the backyard has turn out to be a veritable rainbow playground, because of the contributions of all its guests, so you possibly can come again many times to find the participatory work.
As a reminder, the Colours Competition stands out for its dedication to offering a platform the place avenue artwork, usually perceived as ephemeral and marginal, is well known and enhanced in a singular context. This monumental exhibition invitations deeper reflection on the function of city artwork within the revitalization and transformation of uncared for city areas.