Mint&Serf — Between Language and Art

From the subways of New York to the studio walls, Mint&Serf — also known as The MIRF — have spent more than twenty-five years exploring the tension between chaos and creation. Their work, grounded in graffiti and expressive mark-making, blurs the lines between art and vandalism, public and private, rebellion and reflection.

Between Language + Art is their most ambitious project to date: a 468-page bilingual monograph (English/Japanese) tracing their journey from the gritty streets of late-1990s Brooklyn to the global art scene. Through photographs, texts, and collaborations, the book reveals the raw energy of a duo that has turned the aesthetics of disruption into a language of its own.

Featuring contributions by Megan Garwood, Osvaldo Chance Jimenez, Dumar Novy, Miguel Gomez, Sacha Jenkins SHR, Jonathan Krohn, and a foreword by Richie Shazam, the publication is both an archive and a manifesto — a visual essay on friendship, resistance, and creative freedom.

📖 Mint&Serf — Between Language and Art
🗓 Thursday, November 20 | 🕓 from 6:00 pm
📍 Le Grand Jeu, 15 Passage de Ménilmontant, Paris 11e