Peppone is a 50 year old artist living near Aix en Provence.
“Basically, my universe is made up solely of references to childhood in the broad sense. Everything starts with a digital drawing on the model of the clear line, dear to Hergé and according to precise specifications where I mix my childhood characters in the heart of a referring situation which must immediately awaken the memories of the spectator. Without excessive intellectualization, I invite him to immerse himself in his own general culture to identify the “ref” at the risk of seeing his interest in my work dull. Then, I let him interpret the “second degree of reading” of the staging of the two parameters, situation and characters.
From Pop-Art I borrow the popular, encounters with large paintings during visits to museums, cinema, TV series, music but also from sports victories, historical moments, advertisements and even iconic brands. In short, everything that gave a link to my youthful years in the 80s and 90s.
From the world of Street Art I borrow spray paint, stencils and paintmarkers. Then I want my viewer to have the impression of appropriating a piece of wall, as some did when the Berlin Wall fell, with the idea of tearing off a piece of himself.”
Peppone explains that man is the only living being who knows he is going to die and that, to escape his condition, he reproduces, communicates and dreams; a kind of cyclical link between past, present and future.
