Jone Hopper - La Byzantine

Born in 1977, Jone Hopper is a French artist. Towards the late 1980s, he learns the ropes on the street through an emerging movement at the time, graffiti. He tags his name on the street, on walls and on trains. Known for his characters and aerosol signatures, he created the TBS collective (The Brutal Style) with Skepa and a few other committed graffiti writers. We know little about him because the artist remains faithful to the spirit of graffiti and wishes to stay anonymous, believing that it is the work that should be highlighted and not the person. Nonexistent on social networks, absent from openings, a faceless artist, he remains a real mystery except for a few gallery owners in the know. He compares his painting to a piece of Hip Hop, drawing inspiration from Basquiat, Keith Haring, Picasso, Matisse, Andy Warhol or even Bacon, drawing from all art currents, from Modern to Contemporary while passing through the Classic; he acts like a sampler... sampling, cutting, assembling and thus creating new images.

- Mixed media: aerosol, pastel and acrylic on canvas
- With certificate of authenticity