On Est Pas La Pour Rigoler (AKA “Rigoler” / “We are not here to laugh”) UNIQUE

EVERY FOUR OR FIVE DECADES, AN ARTIST WHO IS DIFFERENT FROM ALL WE HAVE SEEN BEFORE COMES INTO THE WORLD; AN ARTIST WHO HAS A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE, WHO ISN’T AFRAID TO MAKE ART THEY WANT TO MAKE. TO EXPRESS WHAT IS IN THEIR HEART AND SOUL. For our lifetime, this artist is ”Dran ”. Few have been able to accomplish what Dran has been able to; much less without agents, managers, print release after print release, a new solo or group show seemingly every week (Dran has, in fact, only exhibited once; at Pictures on Walls for the release of his now storied ”I Have Chalks” piece). His wry, unrelenting, painfully truthful, ironic work seems to somehow, one way or another emanate and ruminate with anyone who is lucky to see one of his works. In this piece; ”Rigoler ”, you have a school teacher who is literally and metaphorically a clown. Complete with clown suit, glitter and even signed by the mad genius from Toulouse (Dran) in multi Colored crayon — the