Une question qui fĂąche ?
Les Ă©tiquettes sont comme le fameux sparadrap du capitaine Haddock, elles nous collent Ă la peau sans que lâon puisse sâen dĂ©barrasser. Câest le cas du terme Street Art, qui nâa jamais Ă©tĂ© aussi populaire mais aussi controversĂ©, objet de discussions parfois enflammĂ©es entre ceux qui revendiquent une totale libertĂ© et sâinsurgent contre la « rĂ©cupĂ©ration », et ceux qui se veulent avant tout artistes, simplement, les murs nâĂ©tant quâun terrain dâexpression parmi dâautres. En tĂ©moignent les talents que nous avons rencontrĂ©s pour rĂ©aliser ce numĂ©ro, Nowart, Etnik, Jace, ShakaâŠ, pour qui la passion prime, quâils travaillent dans la rue ou en atelier, aucun ne souhaitant choisir !
Dâailleurs, ce qui compte rĂ©ellement, câest que ce phĂ©nomĂšne nĂ© en dehors des codes conserve sa force crĂ©atrice et sa capacitĂ© Ă sâouvrir au plus large public pour qui câest souvent le premier contact avec lâart et la culture. Et si certains se dĂ©couvrent lâenvie de pousser la porte dâune galerie, on ne peut que sâen fĂ©liciter. Comme on ne peut que se rĂ©jouir que les institutions et le marchĂ© de lâart sâouvrent plus largement Ă ce qui sâimpose comme un mouvement artistique contemporain majeur. LâArt Urbain doit continuer Ă ĂȘtre dans la rue et â enfin â entrer dans les musĂ©es. Il ne sâagit Ă©videmment pas de transposer dans un musĂ©e des piĂšces faites pour la rue mais bien de reconnaĂźtre aux artistes le droit de rĂ©aliser des Ćuvres dâatelier qui renvoient aux Ćuvres de rueâŠ
An upsetting question ?
Labels are a little like Captain Haddockâs famous band-aid, they stick to our skin and we canât get rid of them. This is true of the term Street Art. It has never been so popular yet so controversial, and the object of sometimes heated conversations between those who demand total freedom and rebel against the ârecuperationâ and the ones who want to be artists above all, the walls simply being a field of expression among others. By testifying this way, in most of the talents we met when making this publication â Nowart, Etnik, Shaka⊠â passion prevails. None of them wanted to choose !
In fact, what really matters is that this phenomenon, born outside of convention preserves its creative strength and its capacity to open up to a larger public. For them, it is often the first contact with art and culture. And if some people discover the desire to take a peek inside of a gallery, we can only congratulate ourselves. Equally, we are delighted that institutions and the art market are largely opening up to what is becoming a major contemporary art movement. Urban Art must continue to exist in the street and finally enter the museums. This, of course, doesnât mean transposing pieces made for the streets into museums, but rather recognizing the right of artists to create in-studio pieces which emulate the work in the streetsâŠ
Frédéric BENOIT
Directeur de la RĂ©daction
fb@artsmagazine.fr