Underground Art Montmartre

soak up the side streets of Montmartre, Paris, Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy class less art combusts then drips - street beggars & tourists cant writer Rubbish pastes lace traceries ala mode decoupaging decay his cut-paper layers grace anoint no longer anonymous walls stencilist C215’s “simply a cat” defies sourpusses not to smile—see heaven art yes art with style the banality of poverty held at bay pureed souffléd life wolfed-down colors synced spray-cannoned Lothario’s like David Walker entrance Picasso’s on the brink, Romani-hearted paint peddlers of the Republique - street beggars & tourists cant Thom Thom’s décollage rip-cuts the billboard scene titillates the unseen —culture-lovers—can-canned Lautrec’s bedded with Che Guevara politics come tilt with the masse come play your part in Montmartre near Pigalle on Boulevard de Clichy where wicked pissers defy cliché First Published in Clockwise Cat January 2015