PARIS WITH LOVE

With Love


Crystal

13.5 cm x 13 cm x 12 cm

  • Artwork Description
    When Kongo met the Daum crystal, he perceived the possibility of linking two opposite worlds. The development of these sculptures was guided by the desire to pay tribute to travel and transversality. The artist makes a direct wink to his favorite medium the spray paint and distracts it in realizing a singular and meaningful art craft object.
  • About "With love" series
    The “With love collection” of 3 crystallised spray can available each in a 50 units limited edition is born. He has created "From Singapore, New York and Paris with Love"; in Daum signature crystal with an 18 carat golden spray tip carrying his fingerprint. Each piece was customised by Kongo making every piece unique.

     

Cyril Kongo’s artworks is marked by his experience and his vision of life. After painting in the streets for more than 30 years and working so that graffiti can be perceived differently, this artist is now considered as a pioneer who understood how to break the codes and build something new through his contemporary and “avant-gardiste” point of view. His influences are multicultural, his level of excellence and his capacity to create new bridges between opposite worlds has forged his style and career.

 

 

Cyril Kongo has been able to associate his name with excellence, abundance and virtuosity. He comes from a marginalized environment which has been set aside of the institutionalized art industry but today this visionary artist is known internationally. His singular universe and his strong identity gave him the opportunity to collaborate with the most prestigious names of fashion such as Hermès, Chanel, Richard Mille but also with luxurious brands based on art and craftsmanship such as La Cornue, Pinel&Pinel, Atelier Victor, Daum,…