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Frank Little, aka K-NARF

Artist Franco-Australian. Resides in Tokyo.

The course of Frank Little, aka K-NARF is the result of a series of unexpected encounters between Paris, Sydney and Tokyo.Au early 2000s, the artist moved to Japan where he meets Teruo Kurosaki, a guru of the creative scene in Japan, which gives him carte blanche for an exhibition of his photographic work at SPUTNIK, at the time one of the trendiest places in Tokyo.

It is then in Sydney in 2003, that Daniel Moquay, art collector and director of Yves Klein Archives noticed and began buying his works. The patron offered unwavering support, still effective today. He will enter his work in the selection shown for the retrospective of his collection at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Scottsdale (Phoenix, Ariz.) in 2007.

In 2004 he published his first book, NEO-PHOTO, with the famous publisher of Visual Arts IDN (Hong Kong).
In 2005, he met Joel Meyerowitz, American photographer known as a pioneer of color photography contemporary: they are invited in the same year at the Rencontres d’Arles Photography where each has his distinctive approach to photography. Despite generational differences, their shared vision and a true friendship is established, it will be the same with Jacques Attali, who is interested in his work but also to his nomadic lifestyle, a trail blazer.

In 2006, invited back to the photo meeting of Arles, he exhibited 11 photographic sequences midway between video and photography. This series will be his second book, 2.3 frames per minute, “published in limited edition and exclusively distributed at the opening ceremony of the festival.

His work is unusual in exploring new means of photographic expression and shakes and the codes of traditional photography. Its exhibitions, often made in the form of ephemeral installations, are shown without distinction in a plant still in operation rooms or branches of a cinema in Paris, a biennial art or abandoned garage. For ten years this artist French claims that the independent status of nomadic artist, constantly traveling the world to exhibit his creations and thus obtained the support of many personalities from the art world.
His work has been particularly exposed to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Scottsdale (Phoenix, Ariz.), the Museum of Sydney, the Japan Foundation for the Arts, the Embassy of France in Tokyo as well as photographic meetings Arles .

It was under the alias K-NARF he creates his photograffiti, inspired by the codes and techniques used by artists of street art, photography, referring to the street in a way that has never been seen before . In parallel of the release of his book “WONDERLAND TRIP (Clear Edition, Tokyo), there is currently exhibiting in the space Issey Miyake 11 rue Royale Paris 8, until June 20

He is currently represented by Galerie Agathe Helion in Paris and Clear Gallery in Tokyo, led by Yoichi Nakamuta, with whom he published his third book “WONDERLAND TRIP”.

Jacques Attali, writer – France.

The genius of every great artist, whatever his medium, is to give us to see, read or hear a spark of universal which otherwise would have remained unnoticed. Here, Frank Le Petit makes us reflect on the decline, which each of us is destined, even if s’espère blazing until the last second. And like any great artist, he also knows that the greatest cruelty is sometimes expressed by the gentlest of caresses. In this, Japan Le Petit is a beautiful metaphor for the human condition.

Joel Meyerowitz, photographer. A pioneer of modern color photography – USA.

Incredible achievements! You still have managed your time! J’aime beaucoup! Very urban, very sharp and a great new technique. I think you’ve really got you throw in your environment with this approach to things peculiar to Japan. Indeed, it seems that the Japanese have a unique ability to blend seamlessly to the crazy, kitsch, burlesque and ridicule. So far, this phenomenon has never really been able to be fully understood by a stranger, and it seems you will have arrived. This view does succeed to cross cultural barriers? It remains to be seen.

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