Julien Berthier

French artist Julien Berthier’s public installation art rearranges and subverts reality by forcing paradoxes and illusions in our environment — a balcony attached to a crane that can be placed against any building, an apparently sinking boat that’s actually a sculpture that’s safely anchored, or a tree stump that looks like it’s chopping itself down with a limb that’s been turned into an ax.

But our favourite has to be his piece called 'Les Spécialistes'. One Saturday morning at 7am back in 2006 a blank wall in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris was give a face lift. A facade was created using local architectural codes and occupying only 10 cm of public space, is mounted and glued onto the blank wall taking less than 30 minutes. Almost four years later the Address still exists. Regularly graffittied, it is cleaned by the city services like any other entrance way in the city.

http://www.julienberthier.org/

Baptiste Debombourg

French artist Baptiste Debombourg’s unique approach to medium and space includes spending 75 hours pushing staples into a wall to create a “wall painting”, and glueing shards of glass around an urban bus stop, with intention to “provoke some emotion or empathy”. He turns the scenario of each of his installation/sculptures from violent destruction to that of aesthetic appreciation.
http://www.baptistedebombourg.com/

JR 'Women are Heroes'

JR / Exposition Paris 2009 - Ile Saint Louis
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French artist JR has just released an 'official video' of last year's exhibition in Paris. It's a great video please watch and enjoy.