Born in 1942, Ernest Pignon-Ernest is one of the pioneers of urban art in France. Sensitive to injustice, he has a committed approach and conveys a political, social and poetic message.
\nHis desire to awaken collective memories is reflected in powerful images that are sometimes disturbing for the viewer, who finds himself confronted with a truth that he sometimes refuses to see. In 1975, for example, he produced a collage illustrating the reality of illegal abortions while the bill was being debated in the National Assembly, in order to denounce its detractors.<\/p>\n
His charcoal and black stone drawings of life-size silhouettes are then worked over with erasers, giving a particular depth to the shadows. He then pastes his fragile paper onto the walls, blending in with the urban architecture and adding a human presence to the street.<\/p>\n
With his \u2018in situ\u2019 installations, Ernest Pignon Ernest aims to reveal the reality of places and underline the symbolic charge of space, inviting passers-by to question the past and the history of cities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"featured_media":93184,"template":"","taxo_year_participe":[136],"class_list":["post-93183","artist","type-artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n