Vernissage de l'exposition "H.E.R.O" de Hondo

Maison de la Vie Associative et Citoyenne du 7e arrondissement

The exhibition can be seen from 29 September to 10 October. The opening (vernissage) takes place on Thursday 8 October 2026 from 6pm to 9:30pm. Saturday 10 October 2026 will be a friendly afternoon of exchange from 2:30pm to 6pm. Hondo "H.E.R.O", Encore Réellement Opérationnel The exhibition shows painted works dated from 1986 to 2026 as well as diverted objects This exhibition has free admission The exhibition shows painted works dated from 1986 to 2026 as well as diverted objects This exhibition has free admission Graffiti, a major art form, is a language, a mode of expression that pushes the public to question life, quite simply. "HERO" is an exhibition dedicated to views of the world through writings, redefining the boundaries between urban art, visual design, typography, abstraction and social narration. The intention of this gathering is to show graffiti as a living ecosystem, in constant mutation, where visual identities, personal styles and cultural heritage (hip-hop) intersect. The exhibition is dedicated to one of the pioneers of graffiti: HONDO. The hip-hop movement, muralism and painting will be there to discover or rediscover, read, study and interpret. Through a selection of works and visual archives, the exhibition explores how graffiti — long considered a marginal act — has established itself as a major, cross-disciplinary and international artistic language. We will discover plastic experimentations (supports, formats, materials) mixed with social commitments (territories, memory, struggles, community), the ephemeral as much as the enduring, experimentation and the transmission of a humanist message: Peace. Presentation of the artist Born in 1972, Hondo, linked to the hip-hop scene and to the Zulu Nation, belongs to the pioneering generation of French graffiti which, from the 1980s onwards, helped shape contemporary urban aesthetics. Hondo is recognized as one of the founding figures of French graffiti and for having pushed graffiti's evolution towards a more pictorial and institutional form. Doctor of art history and painter, Hondo contributes to the influence and development of the hip-hop movement and the spirit of the Zulu Nation; very early on he developed a distinctive visual language combining dynamic lettering, stylized figures and a graphic energy characteristic of old school/neo school graffiti. Over the course of his career, Hondo has established himself as one of the artists who managed to make the street and the canvas dialogue with one another, transposing the intensity of the graffiti gesture into structured, vibrant and narrative studio works. One of the first artists to enter prestigious art galleries. His work explores urban mythologies, multiple identities and the visual codes that marked the emergence of street art in France. Colors, rhythmic compositions and aesthetics referencing French and African-American culture, in a universe where memory, transmission and cultural affirmation meet. Since the 1990s, his works have circulated on the art market and been presented in exhibitions, auctions and private collections. Hondo today occupies a singular place in the art landscape, combining fidelity to the roots of the movement with contemporary artistic research. His work testifies to a constant desire to preserve the authenticity of graffiti while inscribing it in a mature, demanding and resolutely contemporary artistic approach.

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