I think it’s safe to say that Thierry Noir is a Marmite artist; I love his bold, bright, childlike work. However, it does absolutely nothing for Justin. I first discovered his work in a recently featured home in our Get their look blog series.
French-born Noir (b. 1958) moved to Germany in 1982; two years later, he was the first artist to (illegally) create artworks on the Berlin Wall (see photo below).
That style of painting came because I couldn’t finish my painting because of thousands of questions – everybody wanted to know something. I said to myself, I speak longer than I paint, so I cant finish what I want to do. So I started to develop a style of painting where it is possible to paint and talk at the same time!
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I had to adapt to be quicker, which became my Fast Form Manifesto. The Fast Form Manifesto is a good recipe for people who have to paint fast in dangerous environments, or with constantly interruptions. You need two ideas and three colours.
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Thierry Noir cites as influences: Picasso, Joan Miro, Basquiat, Keith Haring, Bowie, Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, Kraftwerk and Led Zeppelin.
He has produced numerous public works (some more temporary than others) in the UK. Amongst others, there’s been a multi-storey mural on Barwick House, Acton (pictured, top), a road crossing in Millbank, hoardings in Chichester and a sandwich bar shop-front in Shoreditch.
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