Tagger, graffiti artist, Nebay's field of action is the urban landscape and the paintings he creates in his studio. Since 1987, he is an active member of the collective JCT (Je Cours Toujours!).
Nebay works both on the streets and in the workshop. His works are made in a very impulsive way, always very colourful with explosions of colours and shapes. He takes his tag “Nebay” in the flops, in the blocks, his tag sometimes appears in an accumulated way.
Close to the current of action painting, a technique dear to Pollock from whom he borrows the famous “dripping”, flops, blocks, accumulations are all techniques used by the artist who takes up his Nebay tag. His canvases offer a striking strength and mastery of chromaticism. Nebay's work is charged with a singular and explosive energy.
In 2005 in Paris, he hijacks brands and slogans of advertising posters, especially luxury ones, by taking the path of humour. A street artist above all, Nebay wants to make contemporary art accessible. He presents a simple and effective painting that is understandable by all. In his latest collection (2019), Nebay invites us to discover sublimated hidden messages visible on the canvas from certain angles, using quotations from famous humanist personalities.
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