Hervé Di Rosa (born 1959 inSète,Hérault) is a Frenchpainter.
Born inSète, France, Hervé Di Rosa is a French painter who brings to life unique characters who populate his work in the form of paintings, sculptures, installations and animations. His style is similar to that of American artistsHaring,Basquiat,Scharf and incorporates influences fromgraffiti and comic books. Di Rosa is a key figure in the "Figuration Libre" movement of French painters.[1] His work is often humorous and brash and shows his passion forkitsch or "Art Modeste." In 2000, Di Rosa built a Museum dedicated toModest Art inSète, France. In August 2006 he had a show of his work at theBass Museum in Miami. He shows regularly with the Gallery Haim-Chanin in New York andLouis Carré et Cie. in Paris.
In April 2019, controversy arose over a 1991 Di Rosa mural at theFrench Parliament which features two stereotypicalblackface figures. The mural, meant to commemorate the1794 abolition of slavery in France, was characterized as humiliating and dehumanizing by Mame-Fatou Niang ofCarnegie Mellon and the French authorJulien Suaudeau who launched a petition calling for the mural's removal.[2] The mural had come to Niang's attention when it was tweeted to her by a French schoolgirl. Di Rosa responded to the criticism saying “These two people allow themselves to accuse me of racism [and] have the nerve to act as spokespeople for the millions of victims [of slavery] and want to censor the work,” and accepted no responsibility for any offense caused by the work nor acknowledged that it could even be honestly perceived as racist.[1]
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