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Third Floor / Size : 300x300 / Metal doorway / Glycero paints and aerosols / 2006

“In places like this, I really don’t care what’s going to become of my work. Especially works in this style, which are pretty far removed from the classic codes of graffiti, and easier for other artists to paint over. For me, it’s being the first that counts, and taking the spot that I want. Here, for example, I’ve been partly covered over by some lettering done with a paint roller, but what’s amusing is the fact that I’m still pretty visible – almost as if the other guy had been adding his work to mine to form a new piece. I really don’t feel that spoils the overall creation. Here or out in the street, you’ve got to accept the eventual fate of your paintings.”

Lek

Lek first started working in graffiti at the end of the 80s. An innovator and pioneer in the discipline known as urbex, which involves seeking out suitable abandoned locations, he developed an abstract, architectural aesthetic that soon won him the recognition of his peers. 2010 saw him dedicating over a year to his most ambitious project, Le Mausolée – an unauthorised artistic residency in an abandoned supermarket in North Paris. He went on to co-organise the first-ever collective graffiti exhibition in the Palais de Tokyo, while also participating in countless other projects such as the Tour Paris 13. Lek was one of the first graffiti artists to work in the buildings in Pantin.

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