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Two paintbrushes lean against a canvas covered in thick, expressive strokes of red, orange, green and dark blue. The brushes are splattered with the same colours as the painting.

You know them as VLF but Thomas Cristiani and Antoine Roux do art too

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Date
16 May 2013

When not referring to themselves as VLF and designing a myriad different things together, Thomas Cristiani and Antoine Roux go by the names their parents gave them and maintain an exciting, highly-aestheticised fine art practice that seems to be heavily grounded in pop cultural references and unique personal mythologies. As big fans of their design we’re happy to say they can count us as fans of their gallery shows too, particularly the recent Education and Work exhibition at Artisan Social Designer in Paris. Talented chaps indeed!

An art installation in a white room. A black and white photograph shows a person bending forward, paired with a stack of concrete slabs and a tall, colourful pole.
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Thomas Cristiani and Antoine Roux: Education and Work

Four small, torn scraps of paper are arranged in a row against a plain off-white background. Each slip contains a vertical list of handwritten or printed numbers.
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Thomas Cristiani and Antoine Roux: Education and Work

A framed print of an internet forum post hangs on a white gallery wall. The text begins with “Anonymous 10/15/12(Mon)15:29” and discusses the nature of art and patrimony. To the left, a slender orange and green pole leans diagonally across the grey floor.
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Thomas Cristiani and Antoine Roux: Education and Work

Three long, slender poles lean against a white wall in a triangular arrangement. They are painted with organic, swirling patterns of orange, green and yellow.
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Thomas Cristiani and Antoine Roux: Education and Work

Two paintbrushes lean against each other in a V-shape over an abstract painting. The canvas is covered in thick, energetic strokes of red, orange, green and dark blue.
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Thomas Cristiani and Antoine Roux: Education and Work

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James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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