Wednesday, October 09, 2013

The irrepressible need for expressing yourself...


I'm often amazed to see how street artists manage to put their art up and high. In fact, for some of us, there seems to be this irrepressible need for expressing their mood and paint/stick it anywhere for everyone to see. After all, is it that different from what the first cavemen used to do. Take the famous Grottes de Lascaux, for instance, a stunning site that was discovered in the 40's (1940's) in which you can see paintings that were made about 18 000 years ago! Well, in 18 000 years, it's not unlikely that some people will talk about our mural paintings the same way... (This piece of art is by Konny, BTW!)

6 comments:

  1. I think comparing the Lascaux cave paintings and the street art is a great analogy, Eric. And your photo is stunning!

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  2. Your page is amazing, great photos and reminds me a bit on mine (well, mine is more simple, but similar posts), I will definitely check it more often! :)

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  3. this is by one of my favorite artists in france - Konny!! :)

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  4. I like the analogy too (and Konny's mural). On the other hand, probably the reason those cave paintings survived is because they weren't exposed to the elements. It'll probably take less than 18,000 years' worth of rainstorms to obliterate this lady. :~}

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  5. You can not see the actual Grottes de Lascaux, you can only see a copy of them....

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