NEW YORK, NY.- Galerie Bartoux is presenting of Crossing Over, a solo exhibition of all new works by JonOne on view through January 8th. The works on view represent a confluence of ideas and styles explored in previous bodies of work, in his iconic Abstract Expressionist graffiti style. The highly saturated palette is amplified with dynamic brushstrokes creating a balance of density and openness.

In Crossing Over, JonOne depicts the relationship between positive and negative space as a means of exploring the boundary between chaos and order. The paintings continue with his energetically abstract signature style in which the canvas is filled with expressive strokes of vivid color. In this body of work, he adds depth by incorporating bold, richly-hued areas to contrast the softer and more delicate brushstrokes. The fine balance between these strikingly distinct elements instills a rhythm to the paintings, thus illustrating the dynamic pulse of the urban areas that inspire him. Through the creation of his flowing compositions, JonOne captures the beauty found within the chaos of bustling cities.

JonOne's key concept is to evoke the sense of freedom inherent to the freestyle graffiti of the 1980s. His paintings reflect the uninhibited style, vibrant colors and stylized calligraphy of the graffiti movement of his generation. The artist captures the same excitement of seeing the trails of color from graffiti on subway trains and articulately translates the feeling into elegant paintings. His “abstract expressionist graffiti” paintings show his admiration of Modern masters such as Miro, Kandinsky, and Matisse.

John Andrew Perello alias JonOne (b.1963, Harlem, New York) began his artistic practice tagging the streets and subway cars of New York City, creating the 156 All Starz in 1984 with fellow graffiti artists. Re-locating to Paris in 1987, he now exhibits internationally and in formal settings. In a partnership with Galerie Bartoux and Courchevel Resort for the annual “Art Summit” (2015), JonOne transformed Courchevel valley into an outdoor museum, decorating the station buildings, cable cars and chairlifts with unique works and monumental sculptures. Through the realization of major works such as the Rolls Royce of Eric Cantona, the Boeing 777 of Air France which flies the Paris-New York route, and his painting “Liberté, égalité, fraternité” exhibited in the National Assembly of Paris, JonOne preserves the fleeting and somewhat disenfranchised culture of the graffiti movement of his youth, in what is ironically more permanent, formal art. This is his contribution to ensure that the graffiti movement of the ‘90s is not forgotten in the face of modern graffiti’s illustrative and highly realistic evolution. His work has been exhibited worldwide, notably including at the Kolly Gallery in Zürich, Gallery Magda Danysz in Shanghai, Speerstra Gallery in Paris, Carré Saint-Anne in Montpelier and L’Institut culturel Bernard Magrez. In 2015, JonOne receives France’s prestigious Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur. The artist lives and works in Paris, France.