From Cannes to Nice and as far as London, the artist infuses community facilities and private living spaces with his colourful enthusiasm, creating bridges between Old Skool Graffiti and Contemporary Art.
He has just donated a canvas to the nursing staff at the Centre Hospitalier Simone Veil in Cannes, with the slogan "Health Heroes" crossed out. And we’ve lost count of the number of urban decorations he has created with other street artists for the City of Nice, from parks containers to hoardings around the tramway construction site. To see some of his work, head for the Mozart car park embellished with his symphony of colours, the Le 109 arts centre where you will find his self-portrait or the Faculté de Lettres in Nice where he has reinterpreted Rodin’s Le Penseur. He may have loved to doodle on school benches, but Brian Caddy quickly took up graffiti and then murals. He subsequently expanded his range by signing up for the preparatory art school Villa Thiole in Nice followed by the Ecole Supérieure d’Art et de Design in Toulon. The distinctive features of his art? A marked interest in solid flat tints, form, colour, and works that tend increasingly towards the abstract. Living to the beat of funk, hip-hop and soul culture, he is also part of that generation that likes to pay tribute to its elders. "I love everything old-school, rediscovering times I never knew, considering I was born in 1988. Actually, I don’t think I fit in with my own times!" the artist says with a laugh. His urban paintings and canvases remind us of the games and TV series he experienced as a child, such as the legendary Fresh Prince of Bel Air. In September, he will be unveiling a new fresco for the 2020 Tour de France, which is starting from Nice. So many bold testaments to his work bearing resolutely positive messages for the future.
By Tanja Stojanov
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