Jungle RaidDog
« On social media, we pay a very high rent for our visibility. And I don't get a penny from the ads they sell. » After 40 years of practice, Jungle RaidDog says things plainly.
A contemporary muralist, he created the Red Dog character in the late 80s. He left Paris for Corrèze, refuses labels, works with the justice system and with schools, and published the very first work on HYK.
With Nikkfurie and Abdallah Slaiman, he explains why he prefers « contemporary muralism » to « street art », tells the unlikely story of the red dog (a market gardener, Ricard and mercurochrome), how music sets the rhythm of every brushstroke, and what financial independence means for a visual artist today.
And why a ballpoint pen and a sheet of paper remain his best weapons. A conversation with an artist who has never confused creation with content. His works are on his HYK page.