Street Art #102, Zïlon & Zek One, Montreal (Canada)

As part of Surfaces exhibition, 2 more street-artists Zïlon & Zek One.

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Meduza, Zïlon

WHERE

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Place des Arts, Montréal, Canada

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WHO

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Zïlon

Based in Montreal, Zïlon is urban art pioneer in the early 80's for drawing faces on the city's walls. He became famous with an installation Zïlon means Business in bar in 1987...

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"We went from subversion to commercialization." - Zïlon who has created 3 monumental works for Givenchy :-) Source

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Zïlon means Business

Zïlon means Business

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Zek One

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Lasers, Zek One

Also based on Montreal, Zek One uses aerosol spray for more than three decades in Writing (street-art centered on Calligraphy) with clean lines and bright colors.

"For a few years now, I have been combining my lettering work with abstract painting as a way to bring my art into a post-graffiti phase and to work on canvas and interior design." - Zek One

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Montreal Museum of Environment

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WHEN

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Sources

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Surfaces
Zïlon Wordpress
Zïlon & Givenchy, French
Station 16 Zïlon
Zek One Instagram

My Old Posts about Street Art

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#101 Roadworth & Shalak Attak, Montreal
#100 Garbage Beauty, Montreal, Canada)
#099 Big Maské, Zorm & Alex Nihilo, Lyon, France
#098 Invader, Lyon, France
#097 Mr Tymone, Lyon, France

Bonus Video

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Surfaces

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