Monday, March 26, 2012

Clet Abraham

Turn left arrow with pierced heart, Clet Abraham, piazza del Municipio, LivornoThere is a guy who finds our traffic signs too dull and has devised a way to lighten them up with a few well placed and undamaging stickers.No entry sign with a guy carrying a huge beam, Clet Abraham, via Buontalenti, LivornoThe mind behind this is the French artist Clet Abraham, actually a Breton from Quimper, who lives and works in Florence.Roundabout sign with a running man inside, Clet Abraham, piazza Mazzini, LivornoHe has already “treated” signs in several cities across Europe and last week he happened to be in our town, leaving us with a few of his funny works.

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External links: Clet Abraham (Wikipedia, in French) - The language of the street signs by Clet Abraham (Abitare)

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26 comments:

  1. AnonymousMarch 26, 2012 at 12:22 AM

    I absolutely LOVE this...signs can be so monotonously dull...but not when touched by the humorous mind of Mr. Abraham!

    Thank you for the photos!

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  2. Traveling HawkMarch 26, 2012 at 12:27 AM

    Very creative man, Mr.Clet! May be the drivers will better obey if they look at this kind of signs. It's great you brought these to us!

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  3. Stefan JanssonMarch 26, 2012 at 12:40 AM

    Brilliant.

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  4. AnonymousMarch 26, 2012 at 12:55 AM

    a great place where alike is possible.

    please have a good new week ahead.

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  5. LindaMarch 26, 2012 at 3:09 AM

    How creative!

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  6. MichelleMarch 26, 2012 at 3:18 AM

    I like his creativity.

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  7. JackMarch 26, 2012 at 3:42 AM

    Hah! These are funny.

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  8. RandyMarch 26, 2012 at 4:21 AM

    These are wonderful!

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  9. Luis GomezMarch 26, 2012 at 5:49 AM

    Very creative! Love this kind of art!

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  10. VPMarch 26, 2012 at 8:22 AM

    To avoid any misunderstanding, I called Mr. Abraham an artist for his line of work, not because he puts funny stickers on traffic signs. This is only a good and harmless way to publicize himself.

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  11. DinaMarch 26, 2012 at 9:23 AM

    Very clever! and fun! I hope the city does not peel off the stickers very soon.

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  12. KarlMarch 26, 2012 at 10:22 AM

    Hahaha.... brilliant are funny!!

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  13. Babzy.BMarch 26, 2012 at 12:16 PM

    j'adore ! :)

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  14. brattcatMarch 26, 2012 at 1:36 PM

    these are wonderful!

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  15. cieldequimperMarch 26, 2012 at 3:18 PM

    That's excellent! Really funny and I suppose it makes people smile!

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  16. AriannaMarch 26, 2012 at 3:50 PM

    Anche a Lucca ce n'è qualcuno...ciao, Arianna!

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  17. Rob SiemannMarch 26, 2012 at 7:07 PM

    This is so cool!

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  18. jooMarch 26, 2012 at 7:46 PM

    I like them much more then ours!

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  19. Cezar and LéiaMarch 26, 2012 at 9:35 PM

    Ha, that's really cool! Very original way to make traffic signs more appealing!
    God bless you!
    Cezar

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  20. HalcyonMarch 27, 2012 at 2:18 AM

    These are so funny!

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  21. GunnMarch 27, 2012 at 8:16 AM

    Unique and FUN!
    Wish we had some too!:)

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  22. BergsonMarch 27, 2012 at 8:29 AM

    excellente série

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  23. PerthDailyPhotoMarch 27, 2012 at 3:00 PM

    I love them VP. I hope he gets a bit more adventurous in his travel plans and comes to Perth!!

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  24. VirginiaMarch 28, 2012 at 5:31 PM

    Oh I photographed the guy in the middle with the white "bar" in the Marais in Paris. Ihad no idea about these. I will post and link to your blog posts!
    V

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  25. EG CameraGirlMarch 28, 2012 at 8:29 PM

    I like his sense of humour!

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  26. Genie -- Paris and BeyondApril 11, 2012 at 6:20 AM

    I had not seen this post of yours until Rob and Mandy made a comment on my blog. I just updated my post today to link to this one of yours. Thanks for the information on Clet Abraham!

    Bises,
    Genie

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