The New Thinker, Circa 2018
Akabat Str8t

Photography : color edition

30.2 x 20.2 x 0.01 cm 11.9 x 8 x 0 inch

€350 350 €

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About the artwork

Type

Numbered and limited to 8 copies

1 copy available

Signature

Signed artwork

Authenticity

Sold with certificate of Authenticity from the gallery

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Dimensions cm inch

30.2 x 20.2 x 0.01 cm 11.9 x 8 x 0 inch Height x Width x Depth

Framing

Not framed


Artwork sold in perfect condition

Artwork location: France

Technique: Photographic printing
Edition: 6/8 — signed and numbered

With The New Thinker, Akabat Str8t delivers an image of remarkable visual power, where architecture becomes almost unreal. This metro station with its perfectly symmetrical lines is transformed into a quasi-futuristic space, somewhere between geometric rigor and the illusion of infinite depth.

At the center of the composition, a human silhouette subtly disrupts the perfection of the place. This detail, almost fragile in the face of the architectural immensity, introduces a strong emotional tension: that of the individual confronted with spaces designed for the masses.

The contrasts between the bright white of the ceiling, the deep blue of the arches and the reflections on the floor create an aesthetic that is both minimalist and immersive, characteristic of the artist's work.

In The New Thinker, the viewer is literally sucked into the image.

Everything is perfectly aligned. Too perfectly.

The lines, the lights, the arches… everything seems designed to guide the gaze towards a single, almost hypnotic point. And at the center, a human presence — tiny, almost absorbed by the space.

This is where the work takes a turn.

What appeared to be a simple architectural photograph becomes a reflection on our place in these standardized environments.
A world where the individual exists, but merges into the structure.

This work is not merely aesthetic — it captures a feeling that we immediately recognize, without always being able to explain it.

Akabat Str8t develops contemporary photography focused on urban environments and their psychological impact. His work explores the relationship between humans and space, often through public places emptied of their social function.

Its visual signature is based on:

The series fully embodies this approach, capturing spaces where human presence becomes secondary.

This is typically a work that works as well in a collection as it does in high-end decoration.

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Xav' Art & Emotion • France

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Akabat Str8t, The New Thinker
France  • 1976

Presentation

Passionate about the night and the street since his adolescence, his friends nicknamed him "Bat" bat in English. This nickname becomes his double. So a few years later, he decided to combine everything he liked in one name and signed Akabat Str8t. The 8 infinity symbol gives him no limit in his art or in his movements. This artist lives and produces between Paris, Almaty and Tel Aviv.
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