THE ART OF LETTER WRITING
L’Atlas, aka Jules Dedet Granel, is what you might call a “hybrid” artist. His roots were in the streets in the 1990s when he tagged everything in sight, but his style has evolved beyond graffiti, as he fuses the optical, abstract, minimalist and geometric art movements by researching writing and calligraphy to produce an original typography.
With the aim of creating a universal pictorial language, he has successfully embedded the history of writing within the history of art and brought optic art into graffiti. These days, the 41-year-old Toulouse-born and Paris-raised artist – who designed the logo for Rihanna’s fashion brand Fenty, launched capsule collections with Agnes B. who organised his first gallery show, and collaborated with Perrier to decorate 200 million cans and bottles – works not only on canvas and paper, but has been exploring
