Thierry Noir is considered as the first artist to have painted the Berlin Wall in 1984. An act anti-authority, illegal and dangerous for the time. While November 9th of this year will mark the 25th anniversary(birthday) of the fall of the Berlin Wall - the most visible symbol and standing out with the cold war-, the artist exposes(explains) for the first time solo in London.
" The wall was in front of to me. It was a sad life, a melancholy every day. There was absolutely nothing, " explain Thierry Noir. " I decided to paint the wall to change this unbearable sadness. "
Even if the artist native of Lyon executes his(her) frescoes side the West, to paint the wall is forbidden and it is closely watched by the German nurses. Around certain places neuralgic as Checkpoint Charlie