Moi J'aime bien la bagarre, 2017

RNST   Emerging artists

RNST - I like a fight - (2017)

RNST does not hit twice.

With , the artist transforms a masked character into a true Street Art icon. Fist pointed towards the viewer, determined gaze, monumental typography and comic book aesthetic: everything contributes to create an image as provocative as it is effective.

An original screenprint from 2017, signed and numbered 5/12.

A particularly rare micro-edition for RNST collectors.

There are works that decorate a wall.

And then there are those that look directly into your eyes.

With , RNST delivers an image that is at once provocative, ironic, and terribly graphic. Facing the viewer, a young masked character adopts a defiant posture, fist pointed towards us.

The message is immediate.

“I like a fight."

But behind this apparent provocation lies all the language of RNST: that of the street, the poster, graffiti, and popular culture, détourned with humor and an extremely controlled aesthetic. 

AN IMAGE THAT DOES NOT LEAVE YOU INDIFFERENT

The character occupies almost the entire composition.

His gaze, his mask, and especially his fist projected in the foreground give the image a particularly striking depth.

RNST plays here with the codes of popular imagery and the superhero.

The character seems at the same time:

hero, hoodlum, rebellious child, and comic book icon.

On the left, the monumental graphics reinforce the Street Art identity of the work while the inscriptions disrupt the traditional reading of the image.

The gaze circulates between the face, the fist, and the typographic fragments.

Everything is thought out to produce an immediate visual impact. 

A FIGHT AS LANGUAGE

With RNST, violence is not necessarily to be taken at face value.

It becomes a graphic language.

A way to provoke.

To make smile.

To question.

And above all, to awaken the viewer.

The character faces us as if he were coming directly from a movie poster, a comic book, or a wall covered in graffiti.

But the real subject may be elsewhere: 

Who is the real hero?

The one who hits?

The one who resists?

Or the one who dares to still assert his freedom?

AN EXCEPTIONAL MICRO-EDITION: 5/12

This is where this work takes on a particularly interesting dimension for a collector.

Unlike many Street Art screenprints produced in dozens or hundreds of copies, it was made in only 12 copies. 

Your copy: 5/12

Only twelve copies for the entire edition.

This rarity is one of the main assets of this piece.

For an RNST collector, owning a work from such a limited edition means accessing a much more confidential part of his graphic production.