Issue #87

Our spray cans against their bombs

Edito #87 | February – March 2026

Today, let us mobilise to thwart the deadly designs of leaders who have lost both reason and humanity. Lady Liberty weeps, cries out, and despairs… Without erasing them, let us keep conflicts confined to the individual and collective memories. At the Historial de la Grande Guerre, the exhibition Déflagration confronts us with this dark chapter of history. Never again! Here, Liberty Leading the People by OneMizer
takes on its full meaning.
In a poetic chaos blending vandal aesthetics and pop culture, OneMizer dresses our everyday lives in graffiti culture. Born artistically under the influence of graffiti, Kan plays with our perception in public space through a masterful command of pointillism, while Tchéko develops a constantly evolving multidisciplinary practice. At the heart of abstraction, Tomislav Topic and Sifat respectively offer chromatic vibrations and
works in perpetual geometric motion.
From its very beginnings, Urban Art has also been an optical art. Many urban artists manipulate geometry, colour, and our vision itself, creating works whose perception shifts with each viewer, who becomes, in turn, an active component of the artwork. Optical abstraction is, of course, not the only facet of Urban Art, as illustrated by B-Murals in Barcelona, where figuration dominates this alternative vision of the Catalan capital, or by the second edition of 1 Village 1 Artist, where Urban Art turns rural under Brusk’s spray cans in Chassigny. Urban Art is becoming ever more accessible. Today, you can even do your grocery shopping alongside works by Olivia de Bona, Simon Berger, and Spear Painting at the Marché Frais in Argenteuil!

In 2026, let’s light up our lives with our spray cans.