Hands on the Shutter, Ador — artwork #589 by Ador · Nantes, France
graffiti hand main réalisme trompe-l'oeil
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Ador is a French urban artist born in 1972 in Philadelphia, now based in Nantes where he has lived and worked for many years. Trained at the Beaux-Arts, he took up graffiti in 2003 and moved on to mural painting from 2005, starting on the walls of his own neighbourhood on the outskirts of Nantes. His work is populated by imaginary humanoid characters with long noses and large eyes, staged in what…
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Added 03/01/2019
On a metal roller shutter on Rue du Vieil Hôpital in Nantes, Ador depicted hands and forearms pressing against the metal surface, in a hyperrealistic rendering in shades of brown. The trompe-l'oeil effect is striking: the fingers seem to want to pass through the garage door. This gesture of contact, both vulnerable and expressive, illustrates the realistic and emotional register that Ador can also handle.
The artwork Mains sur le rideau, Ador is of type graffiti. You can admire it in the city of Nantes in France, more precisely here: 6 Rue du Vieil Hôpital, 44000 Nantes, France.
This graffiti is also tagged as: hand, main, réalisme, trompe-l'oeil.
Find all artworks by the artists who contributed to its creation by clicking on their name: Ador
The photo was published on 03-01-2019 by Rabot.
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