Two graffiti taggers killed by Brooklyn subway train are identified as famous French graffiti artists whose work has been displayed around the globe
- Pierre Audebert, 28, and Julien Blanc, 34 were fatally struck by a Manhattan-bound No. 3 train between late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning
- Their bodies were found at around 6:40 am in Brownsville, Brooklyn on by a train operator pulling into the elevated Sutter Ave.-Rutland Road station
- Two French passports alongside several cans of spray paint were located at the scene, with police believing the pair were walking to a nearby station to tag
- The pair’s street art have been displayed in Italy, Spain and Morocco, according to French news websites
- Connexion France reported the two ‘wanted to realize their dream of graffitiing the inside of a New York subway’
Two graffiti artists who were killed by an oncoming train while tagging a Brooklyn subway station have been identified as famous French artists Pierre Audebert and Julien Blanc.
Audebert, 28, and Blanc, 34, were fatally struck by a Manhattan-bound No. 3 train in Brownsville late Tuesday night.
The New York Daily News reports that their bodies were found at around 6:40 am on Wednesday by a train operator pulling into the elevated Sutter Ave.-Rutland Road station.
Two French passports alongside several cans of spray paint were located at the scene.
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Pierre Audebert, 28, right, and Julien Blanc, 34, left,were both well-known French graffiti artists
The two were fatally struck by a Manhattan-bound No. 3 train in Brownsville, pictured, between late Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning
The discovery of their bodies disrupted service on the No. 3 line in both directions
Audebert, whose tag name was Full1, and and Blanc, whose tag name was Jibeone, were reportedly widely known in Toulouse, France.
The pair’s street art have been displayed in Italy, Spain and Morocco, according to French news websites.
Connexion France reported the two ‘wanted to realize their dream of graffitiing the inside of a New York subway.’
‘I thought of them as brothers,’ French-Algerian street artist Ceet Fouad said of Audebert and Blanc.
‘I’m totally devastated.’
Pictured: Blanc’s tag name on the roof of a Manhattan high-rise
The French graffiti artists’ work has been displayed around the world
Blanc’s street art displayed at an undisclosed European gallery
Another one of Blanc’s pieces of street art, on display at a gallery
Street art on display from Julien Blanc, whose tag name was Jibeone
Two large outdoor trash bins used as a canvas by street and graffiti artist Julien Blanc, on display
Ceet Fouad told the outlet that he had traveled to New York City with the duo on a promotional tour, and initially believed they had been arrested when he first lost contact with them.
‘When I saw on the news that two people had been hit by a train in the place they wanted to go I immediately made the connection,’ he added.
Blanc’s Instagram page, which features snapshots of his street art, includes his tag name spray painted on a subway train and on the roof of a Manhattan high-rise.
His family has since began asking for donations in light of his death, and described him as a father and husband.
‘On 20 April 2022 we lost our pillar,’ the family wrote.’
Julien was a father, a husband, a son, a brother, a friend.’
Audebert, 28, left, went by the tag name of Full1, and Blanc, right, whose tag name was Jibeone
