In the Heart of the Multitude

©For their works:

El Mac, Mesa, Gabriel Specter, Stinkfish, Jeanne Detallante, Pierre Mornet

Jeanne Detallante painted by Zamoc
Pierre Mornet painted by Ozmo

©Photography:

Attilio Maranzano

Gabriel Specter is a Brooklyn-based artist recognized for taking an anthropological approach to his work. His paintings and sculptures contextualize the urban mundane and marginalized aspects of our population, and document the changing present by looking to the past. 

Specter is known for site-specific installations that revitalize forgotten places. Having created public artworks in cities like Tokyo, London, Paris, Mexico City and Saint Petersburg, his style and commitment are recognized worldwide.

Miles “El Mac” MacGregor lives and works in Los Angeles. Born in 1980, Mac was inspired at a young age by Caravaggio, Vermeer, and Klimt, graffiti and photorealism, and Chicano & Mexican culture. In 1999 he began to paint portraits of his friends and anonymous Mexican laborers throughout the American Southwest as well as large technicolor aerosol interpretations of old European master paintings.

In 2003 the Groeninge Museum commissioned El Mac to interpret Flemish Primitive paintings from its museum’s collection through his murals. He has been commissioned to paint murals across the US and around the world and has exhibited internationally at Art Basel, Miami; MARCO, Monterrey; Fifty24SF Gallery, San Francisco; Joshua Liner Gallery, NYC; and the Havana Biennial, Cuba.

Mesa began his career as an urban artist painting graffiti in his hometown of El Puerto de Santa Maria, Spain. After graduating from Santa Isabel de Hungria Fine Arts University in Seville, he has been commissioned to paint murals throughout Spain, Athens, Berlin, Paris, Italy and Africa.

He is dedicated to painting and has participated in various exhibitions in Paris, Berlin and Seville.

Pierre Mornet lives and works in Paris. Born in 1972, he studied graphic design and presented his first show in 1994. Particularly interested in illustration, Pierre published four children’s books and designed many covers. His works often appear in the press and advertising and are regularly shown in art galleries. His one-man show took place in 2014.

Since 2009, Pierre has been designing theater posters for the Opera de Lille. He is an author and illustrator of a new children’s book called “L’anniversaire”, which will be published in October by Autrement.

Stinkfish was born in Mexico City and currently lives and works in Bogotá, Colombia. Recognized internationally for his large, colorful murals, Stinkfish works from photographs of local people that he takes at the street and later turns into stencils that will form part of the finished work mixed with freehand style.

His work can be seen in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, Guatemala, Spain, Germany, UK, France, Holland, Austria and Nepal.

Jeanne Detallante has developed a highly personal and instantly recognizable style over the years, which is equally dazzling and grotesque. Exploring archetypes of myths, fairy-tales and high-end fashion magazines, Detallante creates unsettling and fascinating dream worlds. 

Her work has been commissioned by Shiseido, MTV, W Hotels, Cointreau, and Sony Japan and appeared editorially in Nowness, The New Yorker, The New York Times, Vogue (UK, Brazil, Japan, Paris, Italy), Blend, Fantastic Man, L’Officiel, Le Fooding, and Citizen K.