While in the Latin Quarter this week, I noticed a lot of tiny pixelated art work on the buildings and wondered why they were there. I did some research and found that most of them were created by a street artist called Invader, who mostly works within the Latin Quarter. The author of the article also states that there were other, similar works made by other people.
http://www.coolstuffinparis.com/space-invader-pixel-art-mosaics-1.php
Other Non-Paris Street art
Some more art I saw around France and Belgium before the course started were a pixelated Smurf on the wall of the Vannes castle, a painted mouse taking a selfie on a shop in Quimper, and two houses fully painted on the sides, one in Antwerp, Belgium and one in Nantes.
I was wondering about the pixelated street art/mosaics! Personally the little pixelated snake around the sign for Rue Serpente was my favorite. It’s cool that it’s not strictly a Parisian thing, but has spread to become its own little style.