Sketch,
2025
Urban Art Fair 2026
Painting : mixed media · 160 x 160 x 3 cm 63 x 63 x 1.2 inch · Ready to hang
$14,024
14 024 $US
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Shipped from: France
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Type
Painting : Unique artwork
Condition
Artwork sold in perfect condition, framed, ready to hang
with stretcher frame
Authenticity
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Dimensions ( cm • inch )
160 x 160 x 3 cm 63 x 63 x 1.2 inch Height x Width x Depth
Artwork dimensions including frame
163 x 163 x 4 cm 64.2 x 64.2 x 1.6 inch
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Description
This intriguing artwork presents a black and white drawing that embraces a raw and expressive style. Dominated by human figures with faces crossed out—the signature of the artist Mara—it explores the themes of identity and anonymity. Inscriptions such as "HUMAN" and "SOMEONE FAMOUS" question celebrity and individual significance in an information-saturated society. Recurring motifs, like a vehicle and various figures, add a chaotic yet captivating dynamic. The inscription "MAIN EVENT" suggests a central narrative, while the words "BLA BLA BLA" illustrate the cacophony of modern communication. The artist uses simple yet impactful lines to create a richly symbolic composition, prompting the viewer to reflect on the contemporary world and their place within it. This work boldly asserts the impact of modernity on individuality.
Presentation
Mara is a collagist artist working in a gallery as well as in an urban environment. As a child, he draws a lot, it is for him the most natural way to express his ideas.
In 2011, he created the character with the cross face which he still uses today to tell his stories. Representing everyone and nobody at the same time, this being is like a puppet that Mara stages in each of her works. Later, he discovered graffiti in Montpellier and began to adapt his character to a new medium: collage. He gradually invests the walls of the city, day and night.
The message being at the center of her work, Mara gives the character the role of megaphone. This one delivers with humor, cynicism and inventiveness the daily life of the artist, but also his vision of the world. With collage on a human scale, he appeals to the viewer's critical mind by tackling certain topical issues such as ecology or technology, but also more personal subjects such as human nature, love.
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