Mambo (artist)
Flavien Demarigny, aka Mambo is a franco-hungarian artist, born in Santiago de Chile, Chile, on .
Mambo is the alias of Franco-Hungarian artist Flavien Demarigny. Mambo describes his work as an illustrated brain, full of visions and emotions. He draws or paints as if he is writing, creating art that you can read. Everyone can build their own story simply by watching it.
Biography
Franco-Hungarian Flavien Demarigny, a.k.a. Mambo, lives and works in Paris, France. This self-taught artist worked with La Force Alphabétique, a collective of mural painters, from 1986 to 1997, and joined 9ème Concept in 1998.
He has simultaneously worked on his own pieces and on a number of other projects - he created the logo and décor, and wrote the graphic guidelines, for Groland, an acerbic weekly newsreel on french TV, akin to “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart”.
Mambo is a probing painter, travelling designer and observant graphic artist. His work is figurative and currently reflects modern society’s icons, well-known visual codes, pictograms and so on.
He uses the popular imagery that the media and consumer society convey and has honed the visual identity’s myriad forms into his own style - then added his own codes.
The instantly-recognisable clues he peppers around his work tie in with our culture’s memory.
Mambo sees his creations as reflections of the world: they are overwhelmed by an overdose of information, and they raise questions. But the critical eye on the modern world is only part of the picture: there is still something lyrical about his takes; and that hallmark humour-dotted poetry.
Recent works
Exhibitions
personal exhibitions
2009 - "mambo" helmet gallery - munich - germany
- "mambo" agnès b. store - lyon - france
2005 - « alias mambo » galerie kitchen 93 - bagnolet - france
2004 - « le cul de la crémière» galerie magda danysz - paris - france
2003 - « allover » galerie hixsept - grenoble - france
2001 - « message from the soul » galerie magda danysz - paris - france
1999 - « dixit-fixit » pi gallery - chicago - usa
collective exhibitions ( with 9ème concept )
2009 - "imagine" palais de tokyo - paris - france
2008 - « peinture fraîche » centre georges pompidou - paris - france
2006 - « planet reef » galerie kitchen 93 - paris - france
2005 - « sang neuf » galeria la santa - barcelone - espagne
- « planet reef » huntington beach - californie - usa
2004 - « sang neuf » centre d’art en l’ile - genève - suisse
- « sang neuf » hopital universitaire - genève - suisse
- « sang neuf » mk2 bibliothèque - paris - france
2003 - « sang neuf » galerie kitchen 93 - bagnolet - france
2002 - « sang neuf » galerie magda danysz - paris - france
- « le labyrinthe » plage d’anglet - france
- « le labyrinthe » le shop - paris - france
2001 - « sang neuf » centre européen de la création - strasbourg - france
- « welcome on board » paris, marseille, lyon, bordeaux, strasbourg - france
2000 - « sang neuf » passage de retz - paris - france
1999 - « sang neuf » salon de la p.a.o. - porte de versailles - paris - france
other collective exhibitions
2009 - "graffiti, état des lieux" agnès b. gallery - paris france
2008 - « le mur » galerie beaubourg - paris - france
2007 - « blk/mrkt artists annual » blk/mrkt gallery - los angeles - usa
2006 - « aux arts citoyens » espace blanc-manteaux - paris - france
2003 - « up your sleeve » los angeles - san francisco - new york - tokyo
- « skateboard artwork » galerie agnès b. sport - paris - france
- « triptyque » hotel de ville - angers - france
2002 - « this is me » tokyo, speak for gallery - los angeles, mosaic gallery - new york, etnies showroom
- londres, loading bay gallery - paris, le loft 44
2001 - « graffiti art » galerie du jour/agnès b. - paris - france
1996 - « paroles urbaines » la laiterie - strasbourg - france
1992 - « graffic artism » maison du peuple - clichy - france
1991 - « graffiti art » musée des monuments historiques - paris - france
- « say mars c’est yé » musée de marseille - france
1990 - « bomb art » crdc, espace graslin - nantes - france
Notes
Biography by Sarah Mattera. Centre Pompidou, Paris.
See Also
Bibliography
- alias mambo - flavien demarigny - kitchen 93 - ISBN: 2-85980-005-0
- mambo - flavien demarigny - collection design/designers - pyramyd - ISBN: 978-2-35017-056-5
- 109-1 - sang neuf - kitchen 93
- 9ème concept V2 - 9ème concept - collection design/designers - pyramyd
- blk/mrkt gallery two - jana desforges & dave kinsey - die gestalten verlag
- art of rebellion - christian hundermart - kinko press
- art of rebellion 2 - christian hundermart - publikat
- langages de rue 2 - olivier jacquet - graff it
- desperados & 9ème concept - 9ème concept - heineken entreprise
- street logos - tristan manco - thames and hudson
- graffiti world - nicholas ganz - thames and hudson