Artist and Atelier in Belleville

BellevilleZoophile
” …Belleville which in English translates to “beautiful town ” , is a neighborhood in the 19th and 20th arrondissement in Paris . Originally this was an independent municipality until 1860. This area has always been very working class full of small family owned factories , few of those original factories exist today. This area is a wonder for your eyes , while walking down the narrow streets now filled with the melting pot communities , Algerians, Tunisian Jews and a big Asian population I feel as though I have been in four different countries all in one day. Belleville has also in the last decade become the home of many artists , who took advantage of the abandoned factories and turned them into workshops .On a sunny day in May I wondered into vast artist haven , pushing big wood doors to discover a little paradise and visit a small selection of the artists who have set up house in Belleville. There are more than 400 artists who work here, artists ateliers can vary from small studios to 300 square meter artist squats…”
text by Natasha Black
Below some of the artists visited
Sophie Dupey,
Peinture
Ismail Yildirim,
Peinture- Sculture
Cedric Galopin, peinture.
“Bernard Cousin, gravure.”
“Babou, graffiti art.”
“La Forge de Belleville.”