“Nothing lasts forever” is not a melancholic observation, but a celebration. A celebration of that which fades away and yet leaves a lasting mark: on the city, on culture, on our perceptions.
“Nothing lasts forever” explores the beauty of the moment, the fragility of traces, and the obsession celebrated by these two artists for whom what disappears leaves a lasting mark. Their graffiti is a precarious art form: exposed to the elements and erasure, it exists in a constant tension between appearance and disappearance. It is precisely this ephemeral dimension that inspires JC Earl and Remio, pushing them to invent new forms, sometimes lasting, sometimes fleeting, to give substance to an urban memory. Their collaboration began in 2020. Two paths, two stories, and yet the same creative energy.
By bringing their worlds together, JC Earl and Remio remind us that the power of art is not measured by its duration, but by its intensity. And even if nothing lasts forever, certain works, certain gestures, certain obsessions... haunt us forever.
JC Earl, meanwhile, is deeply attached to Paris and its suburbs, where he has been developing a ceramics studio for several years that explores the forms and textures of urban memory. When Remio moved to Paris, their paths crossed. He quickly began frequenting Earl's studio, and what was initially just an exchange of ideas turned into shared creations. Their friendship became a driving force, giving rise to an artistic dialogue where their styles, colors, and worlds met and enriched each other as a matter of course.
Remio, originally from Northern Europe, lived for many years in California, where he shaped his world at the crossroads of graffiti, countercultures, and board sports.
JC Earl
In his studio in the Paris suburbs, JC Earl strives to freeze what does not last. His wood and ceramic sculptures give new life to spray paint cans, objects that have become myths. Between raw textures and pop colors, he elevates these tools to relics, artifacts of an urban pantheon. Each piece encapsulates an era, a brand, a gesture, as if the memory of graffiti could be sculpted. His references range from Roy Lichtenstein to the advertising codes of the 1970s, which he appropriates to transform the spray paint can into a timeless icon.
REMIO
A major figure in contemporary graffiti, Remio sees creation as a spontaneous state of grace. On paper, canvas, or ceramics, he gives rise to an instinctive universe where his favorite letter, R, becomes a character, a totem, an icon. The gesture is essential: each spray can, each stroke, each choice of color is the result of an immediate, almost ritualistic intuition. Drawing on the raw energy of tagging, he brings forth a visual poetry nourished by his memories, cartoons, masks, and materials weathered by time.
