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Artist Name

MC GARBAGE

Born: 1975

Hometown: BRUXELLES

Based in: Bruxelles

Painter of reality, I want to show things that are not seen, or by concealment of habit. Accumulated waste in the city allow me to treat all kinds of shapes, materials, subjects and shiny plastic colored transparent acetate, aluminum foils, covers of magazines dealing with news and packaging materials ...

Born in April 1975 with a degree in Fine Arts (DNSEP) I live and work in Brussels and exhibited in France (Lille, Le Touquet, Paris, St Tropez) and Belgium (Brussels, Mouscron).
My current paintings of various sizes, are executed from photographs (photographic or combinations) of trash found in the streets of the world. Their titles are the GPS coordinates of the places where they come from, their subtitles names of cities in which they arise. My paintings are modern landscapes, they are snapshots of our lives and reveal the futility of our society. They are at first sight beautiful to contemplate realistic paintings - easy clean - but in reality they denounce the underlying problems related to our lifestyle. I propose a similar approach to hyper-realistic painters, except that my version - through its mode of representation differs in sound-meaning and purpose. My work questions both the world of art - what does it take to paint today? - And human society. My paintings reflect the garbage insatiable consumerism of our society. These are modern vanities that remind us of the famous Latin phrase "memento mori", "remember that you will die." Therefore beyond the beauty of the waste appears a stark reality: we all end up like soda cans, to scrap!

By ghosting, I'd like the viewer to find art around every corner, remembering my work and remembers the brevity of life meditating on the meaning of his life ...

 



MC GARBAGE In The Studio

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More About MC GARBAGE

Question IconWhat inspires you?

All these things that will disappear and that I love. I am an insatiable collector of images, and to make them my own, I paint them. What matters is not the beauty or the ugliness of the subject, it is the appropriation and the fact of keeping the fixed image of the object

Question IconDescribe your creative process.

Research of the subject, drawing of the sketch, painting on the canvas.

Question IconWhat are 3 words that best describe your work?

Colorful, amazing, alive.

Question IconWho are some artists that have influenced your work?

Picasso, Richter, Lichtenstein, Mondrian, Hirst, Monet, Dali, Freud, Banksy, Warhol, Kaws, Madsaki, Murakami, Sorayama, Estes...and many others!

Question IconWhat is the most important tool when creating your work?

Brain, eyes, good painting, good brushes, good canvas, good music.

Question IconWhat is the best piece of advice you have been given?

Don't use too much black, do what you love to paint, have no limits.

Question IconWhere do you go for inspiration?

I travel a lot, I photograph a lot, it's my raw material. I also collect a lot of images from the internet. I like abandoned places, full of graffiti, waste, but also wild nature.


Collections Featuring MC GARBAGE

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New In Artworks: May 2022

50 Artists, 52 Products

Last updated: April 29, 2022

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34 Artists, 50 Products

Last updated: November 30, 2020

By Style: Pop Art

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Credentials

Education

ARBA ESA Bruxelles

Belgium, 2010

Ecole Régionale Supérieure d' Expression Plastique de Tourcoing

France, 2006

Awards

Prix Alain Godon - Le Touquet Paris Plage

2010

Exhibitions

KATART Global Art Fair, Doha

Qatar, 2019

Ten Art Gallery, Knokke Heist

Belgium, 2017

JPB Art Gallery, St Tropez

France, 2013

Strip Art Gallery, Paris

France, 2013

Lille Art Fair, Lille

France, 2012

Fardel Fine Art Gallery, Le Touquet

France, 2011

Xavier Ronse Gallery, Mouscron

Belgium, 2011

Fine Arts Museum , Le Touquet

France, 2010

School of Fine Arts, St Omer

France, 2010