JISBAR

JISBAR IS A 27 YEAR-OLD ARTIST WORKING IN PARIS. FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, HIS OFFBEAT ART GIVES AN IRONIC SHIFT TO POP CULTURE REFERENCES. HIS CREATIONS UPDATE OUR SOCIETY SOAKED IN MEDIA AND NERDY REFERENCES, WHICH HE REINTERPRETS WITH THE KEYS TO HIS OWN WORLD. FASHION, MUSIC, THE FREESTYLE MINDSET OF THE WORLD OF SKATEBOARDING, AS WELL AS THE DIFFERENT FORMS OF EXPRESSION THAT LIVE IN THE STREETS ARE ALL ELEMENTS THAT SHAPE HIS STYLE.

THE ARTIST HAS AGREED TO CREATE A WORK OF ART FOR RIVES. “WHEN BANKS CONTACTED ME, I WAS QUITE SURPRISED. I’VE ALWAYS LOVED CLOTHES – THOUGH I WASN?T A FASHION VICTIM – BUT RIVES MAKES MADE-TO-MEASURE, I HAD THIS IMAGE OF A WORLD THAT WAS SUPER SERIOUS AND CODED. I WENT TO THE WEBSITE AND FINALLY UNDERSTOOD THE APPROACH. WE BOOKED AN APPOINTMENT WITH SYLVAIN AT THE BOUTIQUE, SO THAT I COULD GET A FEEL FOR THE PLACE. I UNDERSTOOD IMMEDIATELY. THE MIX OF CLASSIC-HAUSSMANN AND ULTRA-MODERN STYLES, THE CONCRETE, THE NEON LIGHTS, THE WOODEN FLOOR, IT ALL SPOKE TO ME RIGHT AWAY. SYLVAIN IS VERY RELAXED, WE DRESS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME, WE GOT ALONG RIGHT AWAY. I SAW THE SPACE EARMARKED FOR MY FUTURE PAINTING, AT LEAST 5 METERS OVER 3 METERS IN HEIGHT AT THE BOTTOM OF A SORT OF CONCRETE BOX THAT DOESN?T TOUCH THE GROUND. SORT OF A DREAM FOR A PAINTER.?

FOR RIVES, JISBAR RECEIVED A VERY SIMPLE BRIEF: ?YOU DO YOUR JISBAR THING, BUT WE WANT ALBATOR IN THERE”.