Bronze Sculpture for Sale
France
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1987
I am selling my monkey! TO LIVE
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De world breakdance champion to painter, discover the universe of Vincent Lafif, alias Keys.
A historic member of the Vagabond Crew*, with whom he won 4 consecutive world breakdance championships, and a pillar of the Toulouse hip-hop scene, he spent 30 years elevating the movement to the level of art. Today he continues to create but with brushes.
He transposes his rigor from Bboy and his humor into painting to create a universe in his image: recreational, original, and tough.
Moncu! was not born by chance. It is the fruit of a satirical observation of our time: that of social media. Seeing the frantic race for "likes" and the permanent exposure of bodies, Vincent decided to give the public exactly what they demand, both literally and figuratively.
Moncu! is a cartoonish character, a mirror held up to our own digital obsessions. It infiltrates pop culture to détourn it with derision and transforms a critique of our society into an artistic endeavor.
It is a small, embraced trick, it is colorful, it is raw, and it mainly shows that one can make art without ever taking oneself too seriously.
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