ErnestPignon-ErnestVIOLONCELLE, 2000 Lithograph on BFK Rives paper, signed and justified in pencil, published by the Beauvais Cello Festival, printed by : Art Estampe print run: 100 copies (41/100) 76 x 58 cm   — Politically and socially committed, Ernest Pignon-Ernest’s art is designed to upset mentalities and open minds to the reality of the world.
Dark though it may be.
In the 70s, with his first works, he denounced the Algerian war, apartheid in South Africa, the situation of immigrants in Europe… All these events, which claimed thousands of victims, he allowed to emerge from oblivion and silence through street art.