“Kriki played a fundamental role in the emergence and development of what is now known as Street Art. Immersed in alternative culture, his youthful avant-garde approach immediately placed him among the leading emerging artists to watch, both in galleries and on the art market.”

Jean-Luc Chalumeau, 2007

As early as 1985, Kriki created a character known as the Fuzz, a hybrid figure—part robot, part polymorphous fetish—referencing the Cramps’ album Psychedelic Jungle. A ubiquitous presence throughout his work, the Fuzz became a true “signature mark,” to such an extent that the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris produced an edition of it.

Interest in the now-iconic Fuzz was also embraced by Louis Vuitton, whose ongoing patronage made possible the creation of an ambitious Fuzz project, presented at Galerie Kamel Mennour in 2000.

Following numerous transformations, the Fuzz and the figures accompanying it continue to appear in the artist’s paintings, taking the form of viruses that contaminate the history of art.

As part of the Art for All collection, the Fuzz now returns to Galerie LOFT, the first gallery to exhibit the artist in its space and to present him in a solo show at FIAC in 1987, when he was only 23 years old. The gallery also collaborated on the production of several editions throughout the 1990s.

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ART FOR ALL Edition by Galerie Loft
1994–2021
Painted cast metal
16 × W. 13 × D. 3 cm
2,160 grams
Signed on the side of the artist’s monogram
Edition of 300Box dimensions: H. 20 × W. 18 × D. 6 cm