Five colorful letters in tribute to “Everyday hero”. In a few strokes of spray paint, Alexandre Delaunay, better known under the pseudonym “Masquerade”, created a fresco on the wooden palisade which surrounds the restoration site of Notre-Dame cathedral, in Le Havre.
“This fence has been there for over a year. It started with a few collages and then I had this idea of a fresco. This is nothing very original but it is to thank, with my expression, all the people who worked during the confinement “, describes the painter.
“A little color”
The message has been going big since Friday, May 8. “Many people in the neighborhood tell me about it, some take pictures of themselves in front of it, appreciates the young man. They’re happy to have some color in the neighborhood. ” And when it comes to colors, Alexandre Delaunay, who owns a boutique gallery near the rue de Paris, knows what he is.
He started “A job, a few weeks ago with the merchants’ association, to revitalize the storefront of several shops” in the Notre-Dame district, with its recognizable Perret architecture.
During the confinement, Masquerade was like this “Focused on the creative part”. Waiting for “It starts again financially”, he reopens his gallery to the public this Wednesday, May 13.
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