{"title":"VELOCITY by Vincent Abadie Hafez aka Zepha","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMirus Gallery is pleased to present \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVelocity \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ea virtual exhibition featuring paintings from Vincent Abadie Hafez aka Zepha, a calligraphic graffiti artist from France. The virtual showroom will launch worldwide on April 16 and be on display through June 4, 2021. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Exhibition: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eVELOCITY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn an instant, we rocked.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e In a fraction of a second,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e on the scale of human history,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e our modern societies have accelerated workflows,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e exchanges and production, and this exponentially on a round and finite earth.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e In Abstract and Anthropogenic Equilibrium,\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e our time erases the past in order to better dilute itself in immediacy\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e and gorge itself with an orgy of information.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Here we are.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Always in motion, in progress, keep the rhythm, feel the vibes.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Where the shattered utopias of history transform before (in front) of our eyes into binary coding giving birth to greedy databases, lighting our way with a bluish light illuminating a horizon of anxious pixels. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAs HE used to say: in hack we trust!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAbout the Artist: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBorn in 1977, Vincent Abadie Hafez is a French artist who lives and works in Toulouse (France). Under the pseudonym of Zepha, he took part in the graffiti movement as of 1989. Trained in graphic arts, he enriched his art by concentrating on learning traditional calligraphic techniques, concentrating particularly on plastic interactions between Oriental and Western styles. Influenced by the work of Hassan Massoudy and Georges Mathieu, he has developed a singular visual language through his research on the deconstruction of the letter and the cross-cultural meanings of the signs. Recognised as one of the founders of urban calligraphy, he participates in the diffusion of a new aesthetic, breaking away from pictorial forms hitherto explored in the vandal writing styles. His abstract, methodical and condensed compositions take form in public spaces through monumental mural works in Europe and the Middle East. The gestural expression and the notion of movement are two fundamental components of the creative process that he pursues simultaneously in his studio work. Linking the formal to the spiritual, his work deconstructs the referents and reads as an enlightening source, praising a neglected universalist thought. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2386\/3533\/collections\/Intangible_3.jpg?v=1618338367","url":"https:\/\/mirus-gallery.myshopify.com\/collections\/zepha-velocity-virtual-exhibition.oembed","provider":"Mirus Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}