JONAS BOURNAT - SUN 7 (1977) Lot n° 18

SUN 7 :: Beauty And Fear. Plastic Sea 2032. USB Key and NFT Video in loop - 60s The USB key is made of metal and comes in a box. The NFT is a unique piece. Smart Contract Address : https://polygonscan.com/address/0xDb3BcDdCFFd6F54B052aa0D3163b60658C8FFD52 Born in 1977 in Paris, Jonas Bournat a.k.a. SUN 7 lives and works in Paris and Abidjan. In the early 1990s, he discovered New York tag culture. Spray can in hand, he took on the skin of walls in Paris and New York, and moved on to performances and installations, not only in Paris, Lyon and Marseille, but also in Shanghai, Hong-Kong and Djakarta. He then started using canvases, signs and metal plaques. His register became permeated by multiple new influences: action painting, Arabic calligraphy, Latino tattoos, but words and calligraphy remained dominant. Obvious portraits and coded texts created a subtle play of appearance/disappearance, in which everything related to calligraphy, glyphs and ideograms became as unreal as can be, nurturing a deep sense of interest and mystery. He also works for major fashion brands Agnès B, and Chanel. Exhibitions Palais de Tokyo; Grand Palais; Cartier Foundation; Louis Vuitton Cultural Space. ‘Beauty and Fear' is a denunciation of our use of plastic and the consumerist waste of humankind. As the result of our actions, and plastic overtaking of our oceans, and as human life puts the the beauty of the natural world as we once knew it is at risk, the artist describes through his work his acknowledgement that though beauty can still be found in our planet, this will not endure for long if we do not change our ways. His fear of the degredation of our planet as we know it becomes evident through the images he produces.