EMA
PAINTING AND NOW WHEAT-PASTING IN THE STREETS HAVE BEEN PART OF MY LIFESTYLE FOR TWENTY YEARS. IT’S JUST WHAT I DO AND WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY. IT’S ALSO A GREAT WAY TO GET OUT OF THE STUDIO, MEET PEOPLE AND GIVE SOMETHING TO THE COMMUNITY.
As a teenager in the early 1990s, French Ema used to paint graffiti and to stick her name in the streets. After living in New York for a while, she’s now back in Europe. For a few years now she has used a bigger format and proper wheat paste for her work. ‘I was a bit bored with tagging,’ she admits, ‘and wanted to try something else.’ After almost twenty years of practising her art, Ema describes her most recent work as ‘a total mash up of influences dating from my teenagehood to today.’ One of the main drivers ...
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