RNST
Identity: RNST
Date of birth: 1972
Nationality: French
Education: Stone mason, Fine Arts
WE LOVE IT FOR
- His works have a strong identity, both in terms of aesthetics and message.
- Its commitment to humanism and solidarity.
- His multidisciplinary skills include painting, collage, stencilling and silkscreening...
Being more of a humanist, I'm dissociating myself more and more from current events, because I don't want to take part in this game of massacre, even if I am critical of society.
RNST
An artist with an atypical background, RNST has forged his identity through a unique blend of rebellion and gentleness. From an early age, he took refuge in drawing. His introduction to graffiti began in the Dijon of the 1990s, at that time devoid of any urban scene. He first worked under the blaze of GEST, then RNEST. This pseudonym, both an "old French" name and a tribute to Che, was a deliberate contrast to the American names in vogue at the time. Despite intense police repression, he persisted, finding spaces for expression in the wastelands and other alternative punk venues of Dijon. He chose stencils, collage and posters to quickly deliver his humanist messages, in which he emphasized the most basic rights for all "invisible" people. After a stint in the South of France, where he explored alternative scenes, RNST returns to Dijon with a renewed vision.
His masked "angry kids", recurring figures in his work, castigate society's shortcomings in order to awaken the inner child in everyone. And if they're masked, it's to underline the ambivalence between "strength" and "fragility". Her art, which advocates a gentle yet powerful rebellion, carries a universal message of equality and gentle rebellion. Each work is a blend of social criticism, humor and visual poetry. The choice of medium is an integral part of the artist's work. He diverts and plays with the symbolism of salvaged objects and materials (sheet metal, road signs, etc.). Although the street remains his primary medium, RNST regularly exhibits his work in galleries, while remaining anchored in a sincere and humanist artistic approach, as demonstrated by his commitment to charity.
