{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"","height":1788,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-india.jpg","width":2432},"credit":"","date":"2010-01-29T10:41:17Z","description":"L’Atlas is, in addition to C215 and Jonone, one of the most popular French urban artists. Recently he hit the streets of New Delhi and painted for an exhibition there...","html":"\u003cp\u003eAfter his \u003ca href=\"/latlas-in-new-york/\"\u003etravel to New York\u003c/a\u003e in October 2009, famous French urban artist L’Atlas visited India for his exhibition at Alliance Francaise.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCertainly he hit the roads of New Delhi and presented his great paintings (I really love his artworks) in an urban context.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“The 31-years-old has spray-painted two huge canvases at Alliance Francaise and is planning to temporarily vandalize the floor and turn it into a work of art, a painted warren. The canvases are a crisscross of interlinking lines resembling a maze a compass giving directions. They are not chaotic; instead they exude the symmetry of the mandala and have similarities with Indian rangoli patterns. [\u0026hellip;]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen he is not painting at the Alliance Francaise, L’Atlas walks around Delhi looking for ‘a suitable manhole’. Manholes, he says, are ‘amazing, more beautiful than all the paintings in the museum’”.\n(Indian Express)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1236\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1236\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1236\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-the-indian-express_hu_d089307f15a487fd.avif 480w, /latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-the-indian-express_hu_6f4c213c2ad5599c.avif 960w, /latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-the-indian-express_hu_e577aa279f0438fa.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-the-indian-express_hu_5e949a4255c0952b.webp 480w, /latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-the-indian-express_hu_86c26dfe77b2a24.webp 960w, /latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-the-indian-express_hu_8c756513a964416c.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-the-indian-express_hu_e66f158afe93be4c.jpg\" srcset=\"/latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-the-indian-express_hu_72aaaddcc6bf3cb6.jpg 480w, /latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-the-indian-express_hu_b8de8b3f6dd5e95b.jpg 960w, /latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-the-indian-express_hu_e66f158afe93be4c.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"732\" alt=\"latlas - the indian express\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003elatlas - the indian express\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2432px; --image-ratio: 2432 / 1788\" data-source-width=\"2432\" data-source-height=\"1788\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1788\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-urban-art_hu_5e3a763e6a95d555.avif 480w, /latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-urban-art_hu_174bd4646e6d8ad7.avif 960w, /latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-urban-art_hu_586aa95db166c83c.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-urban-art_hu_9c8aad635d0de50d.webp 480w, /latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-urban-art_hu_48ddc3f63c95a47f.webp 960w, /latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-urban-art_hu_8caecdbf0baa8ea3.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-urban-art_hu_70daf22de8a5df5e.jpg\" srcset=\"/latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-urban-art_hu_56f36ae3e150aaa3.jpg 480w, /latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-urban-art_hu_1055490942ff61a.jpg 960w, /latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-urban-art_hu_70daf22de8a5df5e.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1059\" alt=\"l’atlas urban art\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003el’atlas urban art\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n Via \u003ca href=\"http://revok1.com/blog/2010/01/latlas-in-new-delhi/\"\u003erevok1.com\u003c/a\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\nAfter his [travel to New York](/latlas-in-new-york/) in October 2009, famous French urban artist L’Atlas visited India for his exhibition at Alliance Francaise.\n\nCertainly he hit the roads of New Delhi and presented his great paintings (I really love his artworks) in an urban context.\n\n\u003e “The 31-years-old has spray-painted two huge canvases at Alliance Francaise and is planning to temporarily vandalize the floor and turn it into a work of art, a painted warren. The canvases are a crisscross of interlinking lines resembling a maze a compass giving directions. They are not chaotic; instead they exude the symmetry of the mandala and have similarities with Indian rangoli patterns. [...]\n\u003e\n\u003e When he is not painting at the Alliance Francaise, L’Atlas walks around Delhi looking for ‘a suitable manhole’. Manholes, he says, are ‘amazing, more beautiful than all the paintings in the museum’”.\n\u003e (Indian Express)\n\n![latlas - the indian express](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-the-indian-express.jpg\u003e)\n\nlatlas - the indian express ![l’atlas urban art](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/latlas-urban-art-in-india/latlas-urban-art.jpg\u003e)\n\nl’atlas urban art Via [revok1.com](http://revok1.com/blog/2010/01/latlas-in-new-delhi/).\n","tags":["Photography","L’Atlas","Asian Street Art"],"title":"French Urban Art: L’Atlas in India","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/latlas-urban-art-in-india/"}