The document introduces French urban artist Gum. Gum refuses to grow up and his art reflects this through childish icons mixed with pornographic imagery. His work features plastic characters and inflated parodies of marketing icons. Under the colorful surface, his work presents a dark vision of modern society revolving around consumption and sex, where the world of plastic starts to melt.

1. presents French Urban Artist – Book 2011

2. About Gum To express his resistance Gum decided to refuse to grow up. That is why his art is full of kinky spoof, unexpected toys, inflated monsters, in a joyful mix of childish icons and the overwhelming porn-chic fashion. Born in 1976, Gum is a rising talent of the french urban art. His universe is full of plastic characters, inflatable parodies of marketing icons and pulpy bubble babes. But under this colorfull world hides a dark vision of our modern world, that is nothing more anymore than a decadent supermarket. And suddently all this plastic starts to melt and trickle all over. For Gum, the world today circles around two unique obsessions: consumption and sex.

3. Paintings & Canvas by

4. Paintings This is not a Banana 2007 – `200x150m – Mixed technics on Wood Beatles Juice 2009– 4x 40x40cm – Mixed technics on Wood The Origin of Gum's World 2006 – 100x80cm – Mixed technics on Wood

5. Paintings Mum & Dad 2009 – 2x 122x122cm – Mixed technics on Wood My Hero Serie 2009 – 4x 100x100cm – Mixed technics on Wood Black & Blue 2009 – 4x 40x40cm – Mixed technics on Canvas

6. Paintings Inflate me I'm Famous Montana – Montpellier - 2008

7. Paintings Idiocracy Espace Art 22 – Bruxelles - 2010

8. Paintings I Must Not Write Over the Sky 2010 400x200cm Mixed technics on Canvas Plastic Origins 2010 150x100cm Mixed technics on Wood Vaginarama 2010 200x150cm Mixed technics on Wood

9. Paintings Sex Toys Story 2011 – 200x150cm – Mixed technics on Canvas Fuck Growing Up 2011 100x50cm Posca on Canvas

10. Paintings Fuck Growing Up 2011 – 210x125cm – Mixed technics on Canvas

11. 3D Art & Sculpture by

12. 3D Art This is not a Toy 2008– 9x 50x50x50cm – Mixed technics on Wood

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14. 3D Art Screaming Pussy Serie Selected as Trophy for 2009 Montpellier Extreme Sport Festival (FISE) 6 unique sculptures

15. Custom by

16. Custom Eastpak Partnership Winner of the Tag my Bag Contest in 2010 Partnership with Eastpak since 2009

17. Custom Pimp My Foyer Custom of 6 Colleges in Languedoc 2010

18. Custom Kitesurf Alkita Since 2007, Gum designs all the kitesurf boards for Alkita, by the Kitesurfing pionneer Franz Olry. Each board is unique www.alkita.fr

19. Custom Columms Private House Lego Wall Public Building

20. Custom Clothes & Shoes Designs for clothes Unique Customed Shoes

21. Custom Shops

22. Custom Design of the BMX Park Fise 2009 USB Key Project For Marc Dorcel

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26. About & Contact

27. Sprayschool with Zest, MiSt & Honet - Montana Shop, Montpellier, France Past Events Idiocracy Espace Art 22, Bruxelles, Belgique Graffiti Crew 37 K / C4 - Street Work in France and Europe 1997-2001 New Art Sens with Supakitch & Koralie - Golf de Massane, Montpellier, France 2001 Ikeart with Supakitch & Koralie - Galerie De l'ancien escrime , Montpellier,France Queestom with Posh & Brusk - Papyspray, Lyon, France Urban Art Group - Café Sumai, Paris, France 2005 Winner of the Young European Artists Biennal , Naples, Italie 2007 Installation Galerie ETC - Montpellier, France 2008 400 ml Group - Maison des Métallos, Paris, France 2009 2010 Photos La Villa Rouge, Montpellier, France Ceci n'est pas un jouet Galerie Corcos, Paris, France Coming Up - 2011 Kunst im tresor Group - Munich, Allemagne The World of Urban Contemporary Art Jen/Zen - Aalborg, Danemark We Are Back Group - Intoxicated Demon, Berlin, Allemagne Gum The Surf Galery, Biarritz, France ETAT Group Happening – Fashsion show Who's Next, Paris, France Vaginarama Vibes, Montpellier, France Inflate me I'm Famous - Montana Shop, Montpellier, France

28. Contacts Gum Official Site www.x-Gum.com Facebook Fan Page www.facebook.com/pages/Gum/56040324934 Contact The Agent Guillaume Jamet Is This Art [email_address] Tel: +33 9 51 14 04 72 Mob: +33 6 78 08 06 56