What a lovely surprise I had on Thursday this week…a new artist has hit the streets of Bristol. When I say new, I mean new to me. Tian is a French artist, born in le Mans in 1964, which makes him pretty cool in my book, we are the same age. In 1982 formed a punk-reggae band called Nuclear Device…remember them?…nor me. He started pasting in 2007 and has been going from strength to strength since then.
He is currently ‘on tour’ in the UK (see his itinerary on his Facebook page here) and was in Bristol from the 18-20 April. So far I have found three of his paste-ups but I will be out looking for more…you can do a lot of pasting in three days. Because this is the first of his works that I saw I am dedicating a single post to it. I will probably post collections by area if I find a lot of his work. I really like this style, the tints and subject material, but of course I am always a big fan of wheatpastes. This piece made me really happy.
Is that Sphia Loren?
More from Tian’s own excellent website.
Natural adventures 
That is Ms Loren, but I’m not sure who the other is…Clark Gable?
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I was thinking the same. Not sure though.
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Yes it is Sophia Loren with Marcello Mastroianni, it is from the 1964 film poster “Marriage Italian Style”.
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Thank you. Look out for more like this soon
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Glad you came by SOL. I knew it was Sophia Loren but couldn’t place the gentleman.
Love the muted colors. The creases in the wheatpaste work well here.
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Checked out FB. Tian will be at Upfest.
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I know, it’s great. Hope he does another circuit of the city then.
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