Marché de la Création Paris-Bastille

 Mary and I love to take in this nice open air art faire near the Opera Bastille. Here is my artist friend Didier L'espagnol's  booth.

Marché de la Création Bastille

8 Boulevard Richard Lenoir

75011 Paris

Art For Sale

Street artists in Paris find unusual places to display their art. 

Les mots sages

 Jef Aérosol found near rue Mouffetard. Many of you in the US will understand why I chose this photo today.

Bonjour Chat!

Ohhhh, I love this image of Eva captured during our three weeks in Paris, 2009. We passed this street art by Nemo, every single day, going to and from the Censier Daubenton métro. During our time in  Paris, Eve kept a running count of the cats she spotted in Paris. Maybe she included this one!

Nemo

It's no secret that I abhor the senseless tagging found all around Paris and all of our cities as well. That said, I love the real Paris street artists like Nemo. His work always makes me smile.

Pablo Was Here

Perhaps this quickly drawn image was done in honor of the Musée Picasso's reopening in Paris. Regardless, it made us all stop, smile and snap.

Paris Rouge LVIII - Nemo Was Here

Tagging and senseless graffiti makes my head spin, but I will admit that Nemo's stenciled street art often catches my eye.( Could it be his use of ROUGE?)  I loved this Marais café wall.

French Comics???

I must be honest. I took this shot because I found the wall art funky and fun, no other reason. On closer inspection last evening,  I noted what appears to be the name of the artist, Tardi ( Jacques Tardi), a French cartoonist.  At the bottom the word Futuropolis led me to a Google search here.  Perhaps I should be more attentive to the reasearch on this blog, but often this whole thing happens late, and I do what I can. Perhaps I can ratchet up the southern charm and get Peter to see what he can uncover. I'm just betting he will find some answers!

Leo et Pipo

I found this charming ( although now faceless) little man quite by accident. I looked up Leo and Pipo when I got home and found that it's two artists that paste these charming figures, from times gone by, around Paris. When I get back to Paris, I'm going to search out more of their work!

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