"From Shadow to Light," an exhibition by the French artist MISS. TIC (1956-2022).
The exhibition "From Shadow to Light" celebrates the striking and subversive work of Parisian artist Miss.Tic. A pioneer of stencil art and an emblematic figure of French street art in the 1980s and 90s, Miss.Tic transformed the city walls into pages of an intimate and political diary. Both Queen of Spades and Queen of Hearts, her texts, in the form of poetic aphorisms, always hit the mark.
Her female figures, often dark and sensual, are never mere models. They are the spokespeople for a sharp, ironic, and feminist urban poetry. Each work combines the image with a biting wit: a maxim, a play on words, that questions the role of women, consumer society, or freedom. Phrases like "Love is an art, we make a big deal out of it" or "Live art to the point of dying, but die laughing" became her signature.
The exhibition highlights the evolution of her work, from her spontaneous interventions in the streets of Paris to her works on canvas and other media. It reveals how Miss.Tic infused the ephemeral and urgent nature of urban art into a body of work of astonishing permanence, making her an essential observer of our time.
A poet and visual artist, born on February 20, 1956, in Montmartre, her famous stencils have adorned the walls of the capital for several decades. She died on May 22, 2022, in Paris. Her work, initially considered a minor and illegal art form, has since found its way into major institutions: the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Paris Municipal Fund for Contemporary Art, a retrospective in Singapore with the support of the French Embassy... Her stencils are displayed throughout Paris and have even attracted the attention of Louis Vuitton and Kenzo. Miss.Tic's beautiful brunettes and witty remarks were even reproduced by the French postal service for International Women's Day. In 2007, she designed the poster for Claude Chabrol's film *La fille coupée en deux* (The Girl Cut in Two). The Palais des Papes in Avignon will dedicate a major retrospective to her work in the summer of 2024.
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