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French street artist Shuck One pays tribute to Black history at Pompidou Center in Paris
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French street artist Shuck One tears up archive images as he prepares a mural for the exhibition "Paris Noir", at the Centre Pompidou Museum, in Paris, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2025. - photo by AP Photo/Thibault Camus
PARIS (AP) — French street artist Shuck One is honoring Black figures who shaped France’s recent history on the mainland and overseas, in an art installation being produced for an exhibition starting next month at the Pompidou Center in Paris. Shuck One is a Black graffiti and visual artist native of the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, which is a French overseas department. He is participating in the “Black Paris” exhibition, which retraces the presence and influence of Black artists in France from the 1950s to 2000.