40 pages Designed by Les Pisteurs Artpieces by Etnik Text by Christian Omodeo 21 x 29.7 cm Languages: English and French Paperback Publisher: GCA Gallery 2015
This catalogue shows how contemporary graffiti writing is no longer what it was in the 1970s. While its DNA remains, its expressive possibilities have expanded. ETNIK’s work exemplifies this evolution: his exploration of lettering and urban volume moves beyond faithful representation toward abstraction, colour, and skewed perspectives. His silent, uninhabited cities evoke imperfection, dream, and enigma. Like De Chirico’s metaphysical landscapes, ETNIK’s cities reject realism to make space for the human. Emerging in a city still shaped by financial logic, graffiti becomes more than territorial marking—it is a way to read, reclaim, and reimagine the city as a more livable reality.
