One of our favorite Instagram characters came alive this week at a cafe in Paris.
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With his Instagram account (@vincentmoustache) as its speaker and weapon to turn everything around into beauty, our conversation with Vincent Moustache, as called for some years, it was so light and precise as his artwork.
Paris Social Diary: You are from Valencia, Spain..
Vincent Moustache: I was born in Valencia. And I studied at the Fine Arts in Spain. Today I live in Paris after I moved here 25 years.
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Paris Social Diary: While studying Fine Arts, you always knew the Art of Illustration was your thing?
Vincent Moustache: I always liked fashion and art. I began making prints in Inditex and that was where we put into practice. When I moved to Paris after a trip to New York, everything changed and decided to make a living with my illustrations.
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Paris Social Diary: What was then your breakpoint to move forward and to become one of today’s best illustrators in the world?
Vincent Moustache: Everything changed when I moved to Paris three years ago, after a trip to New York. Here, along with social networks and friends, I managed to go slowly positioning.
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Paris Social Diary: What stands out most of your artwork, which differ from those of other authors?
Vincent Moustache: The important thing for me is what I explain or try to say with the illustrarion, more than itself. I’m interested in the language of images, so that my illustration style allows the reader to create a final or a parallel universe to my illustration.
Yes, my style is a participatory art. I don’t show reality, but what I want it to be.
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Paris Social Diary: Social Networks, obviously, have worked in your favor. Which is your favorite?
Vincent Moustache: I love Instagram. It’s like an album of stories and you can pick and choose those of interest to you. Snapchat is yet not very familiar. I feel it is no longer my generation! (Laughter)
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Paris Social Diary: In three words, How would you describe your art?
Vincent Moustache: Paris, Jazz and chic
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Paris Social Diary: How does the Latin American art infuence your universe?
Vincent Moustache: I love Frida Kahlo. Without being someone of fashion, she has influenced today being a fetish character for me. The Spanish-American culture (Seville) always takes me to the source. I always go to the origin of all, I’m not interested in interpreting but to highlight the ideological background.
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Paris Social Diary: What is your favorite client and why?
Vincent Moustache: Delpozo. In fashion, you usually see backwards. However, Delpozo by Josep Font has managed to create contemporary but with some last details concepts. Not viceversa as the major French fashion houses, for example.
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Paris Social Diary: What would be your ideal life?
Vincent Moustache: Well the one I have, today. I love the illustrations and I’m making a living with it!
