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Fred Le Chevalier; A Summary of Events and Emotions in Paris

June 21, 2012

Paris, France, Urban Art, Street Art, Fred Le Chevalier

I’ve always wanted to follow a Street Artist. I mean, I follow quite a lot of them with my camera. Or when they come to New York, I do my best to follow them or even meet them, as it happened to me with Mr. Brainwash, JR, Shepard Fairey and Mr. Andre only recently. I’ve always wanted to follow a Street Artist in REAL time, when he sprays, pastes, colors or glues his Art on the walls.

I’ve been following Fred Le Chevalier for a few months now. I took a random picture of one of his characters in a previous visit to Paris and since then I got hooked. I started following him on his facebook page, just to realize how active he is and how the characters which he pastes on the walls of Paris (and recently Berlin) are cute and quirky at the same time. So I was very happy when Fred has agreed that I join him in one of his walks in Paris one afternoon of early June.

Here are a few facts about Fred Le Chevalier that you didn’t know:

* Le Chevalier is not his real name. It is just a nick name which means ‘The Knight’ in French

* He has a completely different day job than what people might expect of a Street Artist

* He adds poetry to his characters and glues it as a signature with his name

* He pastes his characters during day time

* He started drawing six years ago but he has been sticking and pasting the characters on the walls, only for the last three years

* He started drawing bigger characters in September 2011 and since then more people are noticing and discovering him (before that he was drawing smaller characters)

* His first exhibit was in March 2012 in a cafe in Paris where he invited most of his friends

* He claims to have two different lives

* He draws new characters every day but pastes them on walls only three times a week or when he has time

* He sees a wall and decides on the spot if he likes it or not

* He has a few favorite walls to put his Art on: Namely in Montmartre, and in Rue Saint Merri around Centre Pompidou

* Some characters he draws are based on people he knows (I’m still waiting to see a character with a camera)

* He sometimes tries to paste the character close to where his friends live, as a personal present

Thanks Fred for having me around!

Paris, France, Urban Art, Street Art, Fred Le Chevalier

Paris, France, Urban Art, Street Art, Fred Le Chevalier

Paris, France, Urban Art, Street Art, Fred Le Chevalier

Paris, France, Urban Art, Street Art, Fred Le Chevalier

Paris, France, Urban Art, Street Art, Fred Le Chevalier

Paris, France, Urban Art, Street Art, Fred Le Chevalier

New York City Urban Art

On the City walls; New York inspirations. zooz magazine

April 8, 2012

I am really excited to be featured in one of my favorite online Interactive magazines in Israel. This is a short article/interview with me for Zooz Interactive Magazine, Issue 8, in which I am talking about what inspires me in New York, the city I live and create in, and what ‘moves’ me forward. Obviously, Street Art.

I also mentioned a great video clip which inspires me every time I watch it. ‘The Beat of New York‘ by Tim Hahne.

New York, Zooz Magazine, Street Art, Urban Art, Graffiti

New York, Zooz Magazine, Street Art, Urban Art, Graffiti

New York City Urban Art

Zooz Magazine; Issue 8 Global City

April 6, 2012

I’m really excited to be featured in one of the most innovative, cutting edge interactive magazines in Israel and talk about my photography and my love of Street Art in the streets of New York City (p.18-19)

Issue no.8 is all about global cities in the World and the Art scene in them. Make sure to click on the link and turn on the volume. It’s an audio visual experience.

New York, Graffiti, Street Art, Photography, Zooz Magazine