PROVENANCE:
Private collection, Asia

EXHIBITED:
SupaKitch: I was born to be different , Galerie Elegance, Taipei, December 11- 25, 2010

ILLUSTRATED:
SupaKitch: I was born to be different. , Galerie Elegance, Taipei, 2010, color illustrated, p. 29

Although originally from Paris, France, SupaKitch grew up reading Japanese manga and listening to hip-hop music. At the age of 12, he began to use graffiti as a way to leave his mark on the urban jungle. His classic, French-toned style is comprised of sheer candy colours, fancy scripts, and exquisite compositions. In 2007, he moved his base to Brooklyn, New York, and the unique flavour of the American streets caused a commotion in the restless-unless-outside creative soul of the artist. With a love for all genres of music, his work, Tutti Frutti-Suck me was created in the same year as tribute to the music of the American rockstar known as Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman), whose song Tutti Frutti was added to the U.S. National Recording Registry. It was praised for having an unique vocalizing over the irresistible beat that announced a new era in music. It seems that across generations there has been support for the creative freedom of artists in the United States, and that has resonated at a high-frequency of enthusiasm on a societal level. SupaKitch uses his brush to paint colourful pictures, such as this SupAnimal in the shape of a raccoon with wings on its shoulders and a pirate's patch over its eye. Both cool and cute, it leaves the viewer, who could be feeling rundown in the concrete jungle, with a sense of innocence and comfort.