The Centre Pompidou is devoting a presentation to the celebrated Graffiti series by the Hungarian-born French photographer Brassaï. The exhibition is current until January 30, 2017.As a nocturnal wanderer, Brassaï (1899–1984) took an interest early on in Paris’s districts of ‘ill-repute’ and popular culture. After his famous cycle Paris de nuit, he turned his attention to drawings, signs and scribblings appearing on the city walls. He was one of the first in the history of modern photography to think of the camera intuitively as a tool for dissecting urban life. He established a protocol, and began a systematic recording process, building up over the years a catalogue of the traces left on walls by the city’s inhabitant: a book of popular images. The Graffiti series, on which the photographer worked for over 25 years, contains over 500 pictures, some still little-known. The exhibition takes a more in-depth look at this celebrated group of works and its influence on artists and writers close to Brassaï, who included Pablo Picasso, Jacques Prévert and Jean Dubuffet.The exhibition is on view at The Centre Pompidou, Place Georges-Pompidou, 75004 Paris, France.For details, visit: https://www.centrepompidou.fr/Click on the slideshow for a sneak peek of the exhibition.
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