Everyone knows Banksy, however have you ever heard of Ememem?
An nameless French road artist, Ememem, dubbed ‘the pavement surgeon’, has been filling potholes with mosaic patterns.
Because of the ceramic designs, he’s turning one thing doubtlessly hazardous (and unpleasant) into a fairly photographic second. The Lyon-based artist describes his work as ‘the artwork of therapeutic the road’.
Whereas most of his work is in Paris and Lyon, you too can spot artworks in Norway, Eire, Scotland, Germany, Italy and Spain – there are over 400 in Europe.
Beginning in 2016, however solely gaining widespread consideration within the final 12 months or two, Ememem calls his work ‘flacking’, taken from the French phrase ‘flaque’ (which means puddle), to imply ‘artwork of repairing holes’.
The artist started as a part of an underground Lyon collective and his work is influenced by conventional Japanese kintsugi – the artwork of repairing whereas enhancing.
On-line, he writes his ‘plasters illuminate the injuries of the city material’, making his work deep and symbolic.
To date, he’s had six items commissioned by Lyon authorities, because of their reputation.
On Instagram, folks love his work, with many typically commenting, asking him to go to their hometown and fill a pothole.
Somebody wrote beneath a latest put up: ‘Your work brings me nice pleasure. Sustain all the nice work.’
One other added: ‘Your artwork might be my favorite of all time. So distinctive and immediately beautifies any road.’
The on a regular basis artwork all of us want.
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