Urban Bicycle Wall — artwork #4358 by A2 · Paris, France

A2 is an anonymous French urban artist active in Paris. His pseudonym stands for "A squared" — "Amour et Anarchie" (Love and Anarchy) — the twin forces he places at the heart of his practice. A tagger since his teens, he turned to street art around 2010 and in 2011 adopted the persona of Louise Michel, the iconic figure of the Paris Commune, whom he depicts sporting a punk mohawk. His first major …

Born in Caen in 1987, the artist discovered street art in the early 2000s through a magazine photograph of an Obey piece. He took up graffiti and quickly covered the walls of his hometown before turning to stencil work, seeking a more figurative and striking form of expression. Training in metalwork and then boilermaking gave him hands-on skills that would later shape his practice. He moved to Par…

A cycling enthusiast since childhood, the artist taught himself to tinker with, repair and restore bicycles from a young age. As a daily cyclist in Paris, he experienced first-hand the dangers faced by riders in city traffic. In 2013, after being given some thirty unused bikes, he created his first installation in the 1st arrondissement: a half-bike — front wheel and handlebars — bolted to a build…

Colleurs d'affiches d'art abstrait. Collages commencés en 2019 à montmartre.