The announcement of their death shook the world of street art. Two young artists from Toulouse, Pierre Audebert, 28, alias ” Full1 », and Julien Blanc, 34 years old, says « Jibeone “, father of two young children, died on Wednesday April 20 in the morning, in the New York subway, according to La Dépeche.
The two artists, on the rise, were mowed down by a subway train, as they were about to realize one of their dreams: to graffiti the interior of one of New York City’s iconic subways, erected to the rank of symbol in the world of graffiti. The bodies were found near the Sutter Ave-Rutland Road station around 7:15 a.m., according to ABC 7, a location known to be a New York graffiti hotspot. It is thanks to their passports that the two artists could be identified.
“I thought they had been arrested by the police”
Pierre Audebert and Julien Blanc both produced works internationally, as recently in Morocco, Italy and Spain. Full1 mixed geometric landscapes reminiscent of his native Quercy with spray lettering borrowed from graffiti.
While his friend Jibeone had been working for more than twenty years on urban media. They accompanied the famous graffiti artist Ceet-Fouad to the United States, then in full promotional operation.
“As I had no news of them since the evening before, I thought they had been arrested by the police after being caught doing graffiti,” Ceet-Fouad reported to La Dépêche. “When I saw on the news that two individuals had been hit by a train in the place where they wanted to go. I immediately made the connection. I considered them brothers, I am totally devastated by what happened, ”he said. “Rest in peace my brothers, I will love you forever”, he still reacted on Instagram.
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