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Swiss Artist Creates Realistic Portrait from 20,000 Cigarette Filters
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Swiss Artist Creates Realistic Portrait from 20,000 Cigarette Filters
Jinks Kunst, a Swiss street-artist known for his beautiful stencil artworks, has created a portrait of legendary French singer Serge Gainsbourg, out of over 20,000 cigarette filters.
These days, France celebrates twenty years since the death of one of its greatest-ever artists, singer and song writer Serge Gainsbourg. In Paris, the city where he was born and where he died, artists are showcasing a series of unpublished photos of Gainsbourg, but Kunst wanted to make something truly special for this occasion.
A big fan of the singer, the Swiss street-artist spent the last three years collecting cigarette butts off the streets and used them to create a unique portrait. His one-of-a-kind depiction of Serge Gainsbourg numbers an impressive 20, 394 used cigarette filters he gathered himself, since March 2008. The legendary Gainsbourg, author of “Je t’aime moi non plus”, had a passion for cigarettes and alcohol, so Jinks Kunst choice of cigarette filters as a medium makes perfect sense.
The cigarette butt portrait of Serge Gainsbourg is currently on display in Nantes.
Swiss Artist Creates Realistic Portrait from 20,000 Cigarette Filters
Swiss Artist Creates Realistic Portrait from 20,000 Cigarette Filters
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