Description
‘Perplexed Pigeon’ by Jean Labourdette aka Turf One
Artist: Jean Labourdette aka Turf One
Title: ‘Perplexed Pigeon’
Medium: Acrylic and Gold Leaf on Panel
Dimensions: 3″ x 3″ (Framed Size)
Framing: Framed in Vintage Italian Frame
Year of Creation: 2019
About the Artist:
(Artist Bio)
Turf is somewhat obsessed with Victorian-looking midgets sporting dandy facial hair, Russian icons, dead things of all sorts, carnival sideshows and seedy vermin-infested theatre stages. Technically, his paintings are reminiscent of the 15th century Flemish Primitives.
Kind of.
Jean Labourdette, as his mom still likes to call him, has forged a unique artistic vision and signature aesthetic over years of compulsive creation. In the late eighties he began his journey on the streets of Paris as a graffiti artist renowned for his distinctive and surreal characters. Over the years, Jean evolved into a prolific and sought-after multidisciplinary artist working as an illustrator, comic artist, filmmaker and painter. Today, he spends most of his time painting in a messy studio that Bacon would have been proud of, sipping on espressos and wine and talking to himself.