First, there was this small portrait by Morèje, aka Jérôme Gulon. His street art pieces have mosaic frames made from tiny multicoloured tiles. Back in 2015, he made a series of portraits to honour the people who died in the Charlie Hebdo shooting. These can be seen in a blog post from 2016.
The rest of the portraits on Rue Lambert are part of Rue Meurt D’Art, projects by Jean-Marc Paumier including these; the one on the left strongly resembles the man in the above portrait.
below: “voyer quelle aurore se leve, un souffle et tout est efface” [see what dawn is rising, one breath and everything is erased”]
below: “Le poete est un voleur de feu” [The poet is a thief of fire]
below: “Revons c’est l’heure” [Let’s see it again].
below: “Prenons donc notre place sans la mendier ” [let’s take our place without begging]
below: “L’art est le plus beau des mensonges” [Art is the most beautiful of lies]
Translations were done using Google Translate, therefore there may be errors.
Photos taken June 2022.
Eyes on the Streets 