A New Monograph Traces a Decade of Journey for Seth Globepainter’s Imaginative Characters

A child appears to float into a vibrantly colored portal in the middle of an urban alleyway

2022, Le Mans, France. All pictures © Julien Malland, shared with permission

Recognized for filtering incisive social commentary via the lens of childhood innocence, French artist Julien Malland, a.okay.a. Seth Globepainter, has spent the higher a part of his profession capturing the hope and surprise of adolescence. His imaginative characters (previously) seem on partitions from Miami to Shanghai and infrequently emerge in locations marred by difficulties, together with Syrian refugee camps and the bombed streets of the Donbas area in Ukraine.

Titled Seth, On Walls, the artist’s first monograph was revealed in November and chronicles a decade of resilient, youthful topics. Enveloped by colour and playful optical illusions, the largely faceless figures are introspective and infrequently flip away from the viewer to relaxation, play with a pal, or look towards a distant, unknown future. Lots of the murals include small, vibrant portals nestled among the many grey, city landscapes, and just like the works themselves, the e-book takes this optimistic strategy to supply “a fragile studying of the world during which creativeness turns into the remedy for all ills.”

Seth, On Walls will probably be launched to U.S. readers in September. Pre-order your copy now, and comply with the artist’s newest initiatives on Instagram.

A mural of a child wearing shorts, a t-shirt, and backpack rests on the ground with its face in what appears as a jumble of colorful blocks

“Maurice” (2016), Port Luis

Two children with their backs turned appear to use barbed wire for a game of telephone in a mural against a bright blue wall

2019, Little Haiti, Miami

A mural on a building shows a child appearing to pull back the facade to reveal sky

“Within the sky” (2015), Le Port Reunion Island

A childlike figure wearing a traditional Ukrainian dress with ribbons drawn from the dress holds its head in its hands. A soldier stands below

A 2013 collaboration with Ku2, Kharkiv

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