Clet Abraham

CLET ABRAHAM (France, 1966).
Untitled.
Intervened traffic sign.
Signed.
With stamps of the Ajuntament de Barcelona on the back.

This work is part of the best known project of the artist Clet Abraham, consisting of intervening or "redesigning" the traffic signs of several cities. His intention is to twist with irony their restrictive sense, but without impairing their legibility, as Abraham has stated in several interviews.

A French painter and sculptor active in Italy, Clet Abraham trained at the School of Fine Arts in Rennes, and after exhibiting in several galleries in Brittany, he moved to Rome, where he will devote himself to the restoration of antique furniture. From there he will organize exhibitions of his work in numerous galleries, not only in Rome but also in Paris and Brittany, as well as in various cultural institutions. In 2005 he moved to Florence, where he still lives and works today. His works will enjoy considerable success thanks to the interest of private collectors in Paris, Monte Carlo and New York, as well as numerous private institutions, such as the Banca Popolare dell'Etruria e del Lazio, the Istituto Tommaso Crudeli in Undine or the Castello di Poppi, which will commission major projects from him. He has also participated in the three editions of the collective exhibition Fuori Luogo, organized by the Chiessi e Fedi society at Palazzo Strozzi (2008), Teatro della Pergola (2009) and Palazzo Medici-Riccardi (2010). Although not a street artist per se, in recent years Cleet Abraham has delved into Street Art as a form of artistic expression framed in the context of everyday life. He has made urban interventions, usually on traffic signs, in various cities in Italy, Belgium, United Kingdom, Spain, France, Japan and the United States.