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SABINE ON THE SEINE

Rebellious grafi tti in France’s artistic center

he streets of Paris are starting While graffiti isn’t technically

to look like the alleyways of legal in France, [qub] says he only
TLothal, thanks to a street tags walls where the art form is
artist who is painting the city in the covered by an agreement with
style of Star Wars Rebels resident authorities, and his work has
artist Sabine Wren. connected him with other Star
The 28-year-old French street Wars fans. “Street art is a very good
artist known only as [qub] has way to meet people,” he says. “This
always been a Star Wars fan, but he world is so full of inspiration, you

only created his first piece of art want to be part of it, to be part of
inspired by the saga earlier this an adventure, and meet other fans.”
year. The piece was, naturally, an
homage to the colorful Mandalorian.
“To tell you the truth, Sabine was
my inspiration, and my very fi rst

graffiti too, as a tribute,” he says.
“She is a mix of a warrior, an artist,

and a pilot, and is definitely one of
the best characters of the Star
Wars universe,” [qub] says.
His tags have also included the
Seventh Sister, and a send-up of
Grand Moff Tarkin, with a caption
playfully declaring that “Alderaan
Shot First.”

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