X-Men, Captain America, Spider-Man (at the time the spider man), the human torch… If these evocations make you shudder with memories of your teenage readings, then you are like me! For as long as I can remember, as soon as my brother finished reading his copy of the Strange comic book, I would take advantage of a moment of inattention on his part to read it in turn. And to forge a certain idea of America, full of ideals, superheroes and good feelings, the land of opportunity par excellence where everything becomes possible. And the source of inspiration for many artists around the world. If you shake your head in agreement as you read these words, then you are aware of the power of this culture exported via cinema or television. The country that gave birth to graffiti is exporting its culture and its superheroes all over the world with an unimaginable strength that keeps growing, just look at the most successful TV series of the last ten years.
It is always interesting to compare the way we look at a culture that has seen us grow up by lulling our imagination with reality. And it is this experience that the Studio 55 Urban Arts Gallery offers us. Studio 55 is a contemporary art gallery, specialized in urban art, which supports the new generation of artists coming from graffiti. It works for the international influence of a dynamic and ever-expanding French street-art movement.
From May 05 to June 02, 2010, he hosts the group exhibition “I love America. Regards américains, regards sur l’Amérique” in residence at Pierre Cardin at 3, 5 and 9 rue de Duras in Paris. This group show aims to marry the works of American (Jonone, Jaya Bludeau, Native, Quik, Ezo, Paul Santoleri and Keith Haring) and European (Speedy Graphito, YZ, ZEVS, Dizer, Alberto Vejarano, Cyril Anguelidis, Nick Walker, Sara Shamsavari, Zachary Havas, Fenx, Sébastien Leguen, Kathy Wolff, Studio 21bis and Nicolas Moreau) urban artists in a bittersweet evocation of the United States. And it is a rather successful marriage that allows us to understand what is really this America so attractive and so repulsive at the same time in an evocation of all these small symbols of America, true cultural parts of a country on the decline. Let’s go through some of them.
First symbol: the star-spangled banner.
Second symbol: the Coca-Cola, Disney and MacDonalds brands
Third symbol: superheroes.
Fourth symbol: New York
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