Solo show Zurich

TILT

2017 SEPT 07 – OCT 07

DON’T GROW UP IT’S A TRAP

Transience, chaos and gestural traces of urban environment are portrayed in Tilt’s new body of work. He dedicated himself to a very pure and anti-aesthetic approach, which makes graffiti writing so unique and intriguing. Layers of paint, spray paint and markers constitute a certain depth and intricacy in his works.

Discover TILT original artworks

Rough designed and impulsive scratched surfaces commemorate primitive caveman markings and drawings on walls to assert human existence across time. In Tilt’s new pieces graffiti writing is represented layer by layer, parallel to the organic sedimentation process. This compelling approach evokes an aesthetic of urban history and outer environments inside a gallery. Within his altered practice he focuses on the beauty of tagging, dripping, as well as transience. In deconstructing subcultural and semiotic codes, Tilt plays with the decontextualization of writing, textures and intensity. The compositional layers are sensibly chosen in its colors and dynamics, in order to create a piece of deconstruction, disintegration and juxtaposition.

The heavy heritage of the graffiti tradition is used as a tool to evoke a representation or memory of a rebellious as well as anarchic act of a past era of subculture. The new pieces of art constitute a synthesis between exertion and interior spaces. Anti-aesthetic excerpts from the urban sphere have been rearranged and made accessible for a commercial audience.

“The heritage of graffiti is the essence of my anti-aesthetic approach.”

Tilt, 2017

Tilt is an recognized and traditional graffiti artist, originating from Toulouse in the South of France. His new body of work leaves a controversial impression on the beholder. Within his creative practice Tilt enjoys to play with the anti-aesthetic look and the deconstruction of urban environment. Tilt is well known for his primitive bubble style graffiti that he practiced more than a dozen years. This year Tilt broke with the rather aesthetic and Pop Art tradition of bubbles in favor of a more rough and deconstructive approach on graffiti.