Diego Maradona is in Paris!
The world football star, who died last Wednesday in Argentina, is immortalized on a wall in the capital.
The fresco appeared this weekend, rue Ordener (18th century), north of Paris, opposite rue Stephenson, just before the bridge that spans the railway tracks of the Gare du Nord.
The work is spread over ten meters, on a wall surmounted by barbed wire.
Made on Saturday, in a single day, it is signed by the graffiti artist who responds to the pseudonym of "C.tra".
In “real life”, C.tra, aged 49, who lives in Essonne and is attached to the graffiti collective “ARM crew”, works in civilian clothes in Balard, at the ministry of the armed forces, avenue de la Porte-de- Sèvres (15th century)!
A wall of free expression
“I was a fan of Maradona,” explains C.tra.
I wanted to pay tribute to him.
This fresco is good for everyone ”.
His fresco in white and sky blue tones that one might think emerged from a suburb of Buenos-Aires, enhanced with a heart and annotated with RIP ("Rest in peace" or "rest in peace" in English) is not alone ... She rubs shoulders with a rap DJ on a black background.
At the beginning of the summer, this same artist C.tra wanted to pay tribute to a certain Lionel D. (1959-2020), a DJ by profession.
At the town hall of the 18th arrondissement, which discovered it "on social networks", we look at the work with kindness.
“It's a wall of free expression,” said a spokesperson.
This portion, located before the railway tracks, and destined for demolition, belongs to the SNCF.
The artists took it up with the blessing of the SNCF.
“It's been going on for years”.
Here, the frescoes follow one another… Before Maradona and the DJ, there was the fresco by Johnny Hallyday.
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Fans of Maradona should hurry to see their idol on Rue Ordener (18th century) immortalized.
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