Jone Hopper - Jeune taureau

Born in 1977, Jone Hopper is a French artist.
In the late 1980s, he cut his teeth on the streets through the then-emerging graffiti movement. He tags his name on the streets, on walls and on trains. Known for his characters and his aerosol signatures, he founded the TBS (The Brutal Style) collective with Skepa and a few other committed graffiti artists.
We know little about him because the artist stays true to the spirit of graffiti and wishes to remain anonymous, believing that the work should be showcased rather than the person.
Absent from social media, absent from openings, a faceless artist, he remains a genuine mystery except for a few gallery owners in the know. He compares his painting to a hip-hop track, drawing on Basquiat, Keith Haring, Picasso, Matisse, Andy Warhol or even Bacon, sampling from all pictorial currents, from Modern to Contemporary art, passing through Classical, he acts like a sampler... sampling, cutting, assembling and thus creating new images.
- Mixed media: aerosol, pastels and acrylic on canvas
- With certificate of authenticity