TILT

Né à Toulouse en 1973
www.graffitilt.com

Tilt est une figure internationale du graffiti, originaire de Toulouse.
S’auto-proclamant « fétichiste du graffiti », il développe sa pratique dans les rues et sur les trains.
Ses premiers tags, sur des rampes de skateboard, datent de 1988, depuis son travail s’est enrichi et témoigne de l’influence de ses nombreux voyages.
Ses séjours lui ont permis d’exposer et de marquer de son empreinte près de 40 pays dont les Etats-Unis, le Japon, les Philippines, le Sénégal, la Chine, la Nouvelle Zélande, l’Australie, ainsi que de nombreuses villes en Europe.
Tilt aime démontrer par sa pratique, que la forme initiale du graffiti peut avoir un impact aussi fort que des compositions plus complexes ou figuratives.
Il propose un vocabulaire formel propre et des couleurs pures qui traduisent son approche primitive du Graffiti classique dont il est issu. Son utilisation exclusive de formes arrondies se rapporte à son obsession pour les courbes dont son nom n’est initialement pas constitué. Selon les codes du Graffiti, l’écriture constitue le principal axe de son travail.
Fidèle a ses origines, il garde le même plaisir a peindre dans la rue, lieu dans lequel il se sent toujours plus libre.

Tilt is an international celebrity of Graffiti art, coming from Toulouse.
Auto-proclaimed « Grafitti art fetishist», he has developed his practice in the streets and on the trains.
His first tags, on skateboard ramps, are from 1988, since then his work has enriched itself and is now testifying of the influences he has brung back from his numerous trips.
His journeys allowed him to exhibit and stamp from his own imprint almost 40 countries counting The United States, Japan, Philippines, Senegal, China, New Zealand, Australia, and numerous other cities in Europe.
Tilt likes to desmontrate with his practice that the initial form of Graffiti art can have an impact as strong as more complex or figurative composals can obtain.
He proposes a clear formal vocabulary and pure colors which express his primitive approach of classic Graffiti art from which he comes from. His exclusivic use of rounded shapes comes from his obsession for the curves that do not initialy compose his name. According to the codes of Graffiti art, the writing constitues the principal axis of its work.
Loyal to his origin, he still gets the same pleasure in painting in the streets, a place where he is always feeling more free.

EPOXY – Art Contemporain Urbain & Graffiti – FESTIVAL ROSE BETON – TOULOUSE-FR 2016. Photos : Big Addict – Design : Ianik – All Rights Reserved
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