Ed Broner is a french artist born in Paris.
He started to paint in the late 80´s and was part of the parisian graffiti subculture , moved in Berlin since a while to focus on paintings. He has published the photo book «Vagabondage» (Hatje Cantz). Ed Broner uses photos and canvases as his personal diary. Especially in his paintings, he highlights the beauty of realness and authenticity, while at the same time honoring the ideas and symbols of modern urban subcultures. In his style, he combines influences from graffiti and contemporary painting as well as from Aboriginal and African art, thus opening a dialogue between “Western” and “non-Western” cultures. In reflecting and often subversively ironizing current aesthetics, Ed Broner asks about the nature of humanity in a postmodern world.
“Peut etre que je manque de repéres c´est la vie faut pas s´en faire ”
‘Reset’ is a solo exhibition by Ed Broner where he explores the themes of war and peace, drawing a parallel with the contemporary art world and the era we live in, where the fake has replaced the real. Self-taught painters coming from graffiti have influenced the aesthetics of many contemporary star painters, but have been replaced by them in the markets and galleries. It is time for a reset, where social equality in the art world becomes the norm.
Open 10th October – 3rd November 2024
