{"id":965,"date":"2013-11-07T11:30:49","date_gmt":"2013-11-07T10:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fondation-antoine-de-saint-exupery.org\/des-artistes-engages-pour-la-jeunesse-2\/"},"modified":"2014-04-20T16:34:59","modified_gmt":"2014-04-20T15:34:59","slug":"artists-committed-to-youth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.fasej.org\/en\/artists-committed-to-youth\/","title":{"rendered":"Artists committed to youth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The famous auction house ARTCURIAL has generously invited the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation to present several lots for its next aeronautical auction, which will be held in Paris on 19 January 2014, to raise funds to support the Foundation&#8217;s charitable activities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-958 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fondation-antoine-de-saint-exupery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/34.TopMenu-FR-EN-01-MANOLO_250.jpg\" alt=\"34.Top&amp;Menu FR-EN 01-MANOLO_250\" width=\"250\" height=\"252\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In this perspective, the company Dassault Aviation has offered 1:48 scale resin models of its Rafale airplane to our Foundation, which have been personalised by two internationally-renowned artists: Manolo Chr\u00e9tien and Kongo aka Cyril Phan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aeronautical photographer Manolo Chr\u00e9tien is the son of astronaut Jean-Loup Chr\u00e9tien, the first Frenchman and the first Western European person to have gone to space in 1982. Fascinated by legendary plane fuselages, Manolo presents a dreamlike and artistic vision of the aviation world through his unique creations that transcend forms, matter and light.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-956\" style=\"margin: 5px 0px 5px 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fondation-antoine-de-saint-exupery.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/34.Bottom-FR-EN-02-KONGO-aka-CYRIL-PHAN_250.jpg\" alt=\"34.Bottom FR-EN 02-KONGO-aka-CYRIL-PHAN_250\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By working directly on this model of the Rafale plane, Manolo creates a unique piece of art, which transmits all the power of this exceptional flying machine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Street artist Kongo aka Cyril Phan is a well-known and recognised graffiti artist on the international stage. Armed with pencils, pens and cans of spray paint, he mixes colours, letters and forms in a unique way. After having painted the walls of the world&#8217;s megalopolises and presented his art in its galleries,\u00a0 Kongo&#8217;s graffiti today finds expression on the furtive lines of the famous Rafale airplane, which will go on sale at the upcoming ARTCURIAL auction.<\/p>\n<h4>For more information : <a title=\"ARTCURIAL\" href=\"http:\/\/www.artcurial.com\/fr\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/www.artcurial.com<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Photos: 01- Manolo Chr\u00e9tien \/ 02- Kongo aka Cyril Phan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The famous auction house ARTCURIAL has generously invited the Antoine de Saint-Exup\u00e9ry Youth Foundation to present several lots for its next aeronautical auction, which will be held in Paris on 19 January 2014, to raise funds to support the Foundation&#8217;s charitable activities. 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