Paris Murs | Le Flâneur

Rue de la Duée – Paris 20ème, Nemo

Jérôme Mesnager

Rue du Retrait – Paris 20ème, Mesnager

Rue du Retrait, Mr Pee – Paris 20ème

Rue du Retrait – Paris 20ème, Mr Pee

Villa de L’Ermitage – Paris 20ème, Mosko et Associés

Villa de L’Ermitage – Paris 20ème

Rue de Cascades – Paris 20ème

Rue Denoyez – Paris 20ème

Rue de Cascades Paris 20ème

Rue de Cascades – Paris 20ème

Rue de Cascades Paris 20ème

Rue de Savies – Paris 20ème

Rue Piat – Paris 20ème, Philippe Hérard

Rue du Jourdain – Paris 20ème, Philippe Hérard

Rue de savies – Paris 20ème, Philippe Hérard

Rue Denoyez – Paris 20ème

Rue de Belleville – Paris 20ème

Marche d’Aligre – Paris Paris 12ème

Gare Avenue De St Ouen – Paris 18ème

Rue de Belleville – Paris 20ème

Jérôme Mesnager, homage to Matisse, rue de Menilmontant, Paris 20ème

Rue Jean-Pierre Timbaud – Paris 11ème

Rue Oberkampf – Paris 11ème, Bernard Bellon

Canal St Martin – Paris 10ème

Nemo and Mesnager – Paris 10ème

Rue de Ménilmontant – Paris 20ème, Nemo

Le mur des je t’aime – Place des Abbesses – Paris 18ème

Albert loves Emily – made in China

Metro Concorde – ligne 12 – Déclaration des Droits de l’Homme et du Citoyen

MK2 cinema Quai de la Seine – Paris 19ème

Rue Denoyez – Paris 20ème

Rue du Retrait – Paris 20ème, Mosko et Associés

Rue Des Rosiers – Paris 4ème, Mosko et Associés

Rue du Retrait – Paris 20ème, Mosko et Associés

Marche d’Aligre – Paris Paris 12ème

Bellleville – Paris 20ème, Ludo

Its time to dance – Sobr, Rue de Cascades – Paris 20ème

BMX ride in peace, rue Oberkampf, Paris 11ème

Bellleville – Paris 20ème, Philippe Hérard

Rue de la Mare, Bellleville – Paris 20ème, Clet Abraham

Rue de Charonnel – Paris 11ème, Philippe Hérard

Its time to dance – Sobr, Paris 4ème

BMX ride in peace – Paris 4ème

Paris 11ème

Un chat nommé Rubens, Rue de la Mare, Bellleville – Paris 20ème, Claude Feuillet

Rue de la forge royal – Paris 11ème, Philippe Hérard

The walls of Paris provide an ideal canvas to showcase the work of street art. It’s an alternative perspective on the city.

I’ve been walking the same streets and re-tracing my steps countless times to observe the ephemeral and the permanent. While Mosko et Associés prowling tigers at Villa de L’Ermitage are long gone the urban tigers at Rue des Rosiers remain much as I first found them in 2006 – though someone has added ‘nature strikes back’ over the original work.

As street art has become more popular, and sanctioned by local councils, walls can become shared spaces with regular ‘exhibitions’ to maintain a constant cycle of new work.

Some spaces remain permanent such as Mesnager’s homage to Matisse on rue de Menilmontant.

Then there are the spaces that incorporate the response of one artist to another, such as Mesnager’s overlays on the work of Nemo and Mosko et Associés.

The walls and the work continue to evolve and warrant regular visits.

I’m grateful to Kasia Klon who arranges street art tours in Paris and ‘Invisible Paris Walks’ for giving me a greater insight into what I see on the walls of Paris.

The artists whose work I have catalogued over the past years include;

Bernard Bellon