{"id":2895,"date":"2014-04-09T16:58:20","date_gmt":"2014-04-09T21:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/?p=2895"},"modified":"2014-04-09T16:58:20","modified_gmt":"2014-04-09T21:58:20","slug":"an-encounter-with-thierry-noir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2014\/04\/09\/an-encounter-with-thierry-noir","title":{"rendered":"An encounter with Thierry Noir"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Artist Thierry Noir with his first exhibition after a 30-year career by Colin Charles, on Flickr\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/byte\/13654334315\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.staticflickr.com\/3744\/13654334315_49090ae6b1_n.jpg?resize=320%2C320&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Artist Thierry Noir with his first exhibition after a 30-year career\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" \/><\/a>While looking for a coffee, at about 7.50pm, we popped into the Howard Griffin Gallery in Shoreditch. Looked at a lot of amazing work from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Thierry_Noir\">Thierry Noir<\/a>. Headed downstairs and saw some more interesting work, and then an unassuming man asked me if I liked the work. I said I did. He said thank you. I then asked him if he was the artist itself \u2013 he said yes!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Here I was talking to Thierry Noir! I had seen his work years ago when I visited Berlin with my family (his paintings are still on the Berlin Wall, at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eastsidegallery-berlin.de\/\">East Side Gallery<\/a>). We chatted, he was very down to earth, and we talked about his favourite works. This is his first solo exhibition in this thirty year career! I picked up a book, he graciously autographed it in a way only he can.<\/p>\n<p>He lives in Berlin normally, and funnily enough my next stop was to be Berlin :) Many useful resources are listed below, but if you happen to be in London, <a href=\"http:\/\/howardgriffingallery.com\/exhibitions\/thierry-noir-a-retrospective\">check out<\/a> the <a href=\"http:\/\/howardgriffingallery.com\/\">Howard Griffin Gallery<\/a>, <strong>04 April &#8211; 5 May 2014<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Gallery closes at 8pm, we left shortly thereafter. Still amazed how chance sometimes just works out.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Guardian &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/artanddesign\/jonathanjonesblog\/2014\/apr\/03\/thierry-noir-graffiti-artist-berlin-wall\">Thierry Noir: the first graffiti artist fired up by the Berlin Wall<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Telegraph &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/travel\/destinations\/europe\/germany\/berlin\/10752575\/Thierry-Noir-and-the-art-of-revisiting-the-Berlin-Wall.html\">Thierry Noir and the art of revisiting the Berlin Wall<\/a><\/li>\n<li>It\u2019s Nice That &#8211;\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.itsnicethat.com\/articles\/thierry-noir\">Art: Thierry Noir \u2014 the first man to paint the Berlin Wall \u2014 opens first ever solo show in London<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In other news, Richard Howard-Griffin, director of the gallery, is immensely young, probably discovered street artist\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/streetartlondon.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/09\/02\/interview-john-dolan\/\">John Dolan<\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/John_Dolan_(artist)\">wiki<\/a>), had an exhibition earlier for <a href=\"http:\/\/howardgriffingallery.com\/exhibitions\/george-the-dog-john-the-artist\/\">George the dog John the artist<\/a> (John is always seen with his dog George; now has a book deal, life\u2019s changed tremendously for him), and now hooks up artists to do collaborations (John Dolan x Thierry Noir coming up soon). Wish I picked up some of Dolan\u2019s works and it is amazing what Howard-Griffin has achieved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While looking for a coffee, at about 7.50pm, we popped into the Howard Griffin Gallery in Shoreditch. Looked at a lot of amazing work from Thierry Noir. Headed downstairs and saw some more interesting work, and then an unassuming man asked me if I liked the work. I said I did. He said thank you. 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