![Mural painting in a room, by le bestiaire: black walls with black coleopteras, patterns](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4679030e-463d-4fe6-9db4-1520c7827310/0/0/0/0,0,3966,2231,3966,1200/0-0-0/a03abe86-3aee-4fd4-a39a-6d1bb66c9c30/1/1/lebestiaire-9wr-vue+gen+gauche-DEF.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037536812~hmac=9fd1f629a92cbc0824cbe21c1a4d74705e0445c5583bb2c5d93cfe2419a84d88)
Le Bestiaire
9 Warriors (2023)
Spray paint with stencil, paintbrush, on previously black painted walls
Displayed at House of Paint II (Zimeysa, Geneva)
General view (left side)
![Mural painting by le bestiaire: a coleoptera, black on black](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4679030e-463d-4fe6-9db4-1520c7827310/0/0/0/0,0,2231,3966,1600,3966/0-0-0/3d61e10a-f2d6-40aa-849a-fa2d9e3e3841/1/1/lebestiaire-9wr-detail-insecte-DEF.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037536812~hmac=c2ac20752a0fc6c301aca87a372085b736c19330609166443afa93fe2bbc9908)
Detail of a coleoptera
![Mural painting by le bestiaire in a room: black walls with black coleopteras, patterns](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4679030e-463d-4fe6-9db4-1520c7827310/0/0/0/0,0,3966,2231,3966,1200/0-0-0/29fbdfa4-745d-42f0-b396-845025c297c4/1/1/lebestiaire-9wr-vue+gen+droite-DEF.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037536812~hmac=9fd1f629a92cbc0824cbe21c1a4d74705e0445c5583bb2c5d93cfe2419a84d88)
General view (right side)
![Mural painting by le bestiaire: detail of patterns between black coleopteras](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4679030e-463d-4fe6-9db4-1520c7827310/0/0/0/0,0,2576,3435,1600,3435/0-0-0/21372634-3a38-4038-9a3a-d36e8631c202/1/1/lebestiaire-9wr-detail+brillance+3-entre+insectes-DEF.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037536812~hmac=9641fa0a28295ec8c2a67c5a6ddd070d1ff54a0568676a8412e78a0d437ea3e3)
Details: light reflection in the background patterns (3 pictures)
![Mural painting by le bestiaire: detail of patterns between black coleopteras](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4679030e-463d-4fe6-9db4-1520c7827310/0/0/0/0,0,2576,3435,1600,3435/0-0-0/0f3334c5-454f-4b42-94c2-1b66ca690d5f/1/1/lebestiaire-9wr-detail+brillance+1-motifs-DEF.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037536812~hmac=9641fa0a28295ec8c2a67c5a6ddd070d1ff54a0568676a8412e78a0d437ea3e3)
![Mural painting by le bestiaire: detail of patterns near a coleoptera](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4679030e-463d-4fe6-9db4-1520c7827310/0/0/0/0,0,2576,3435,1600,3435/0-0-0/f7f5afcd-95f7-44fc-90df-f6a2ae8fe2de/1/1/lebestiaire-9wr-detail+brillance+4-motifs+proches-DEF.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037536812~hmac=9641fa0a28295ec8c2a67c5a6ddd070d1ff54a0568676a8412e78a0d437ea3e3)
![Mural painting in a room, by le bestiaire: black walls with black coleopteras, patterns, reflection in a glass wall](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4679030e-463d-4fe6-9db4-1520c7827310/0/0/0/0,0,2576,3435,1600,3435/0-0-0/69151926-dc22-423a-86b7-d5809c985a4e/1/1/lebestiaire-9wr-reflet+02-DEF.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037536812~hmac=9641fa0a28295ec8c2a67c5a6ddd070d1ff54a0568676a8412e78a0d437ea3e3)
Detail: materials, reflection, patterns
![Mural painting by le bestiaire: three coleopteras, black on black, auras, patterns](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4679030e-463d-4fe6-9db4-1520c7827310/0/0/0/0,0,3435,2576,3435,1200/0-0-0/54a08969-2981-4d18-9684-e8618d81893a/1/1/lebestiaire-9wr-mur+gauche-DEF.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037536812~hmac=1fba18e0dc0453a75fc1fd42c79f8668a57fd653aef600e1ae002eaf582360cd)
Left wall
![Mural painting by le bestiaire: three coleopteras, black on black, auras, patterns](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4679030e-463d-4fe6-9db4-1520c7827310/0/0/0/0,0,3435,2576,3435,1200/0-0-0/60d594b5-4d98-48ba-8d18-babb3ce3ea1e/1/1/lebestiaire-9wr-mur+centre-DEF.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037536812~hmac=1fba18e0dc0453a75fc1fd42c79f8668a57fd653aef600e1ae002eaf582360cd)
Middle wall
![Mural painting by le bestiaireSten: three coleopteras, black on black, auras, patterns](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4679030e-463d-4fe6-9db4-1520c7827310/0/0/0/0,0,3435,2576,3435,1200/0-0-0/cec6e69a-9d67-4d93-b98e-f19d2f7a1e85/1/1/lebestiaire-9wr-mur+droite-DEF.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037536812~hmac=1fba18e0dc0453a75fc1fd42c79f8668a57fd653aef600e1ae002eaf582360cd)
Right wall
![Words on a wall, spraypainted with stencil, nine warriors par le bestiaire](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4679030e-463d-4fe6-9db4-1520c7827310/0/0/0/0,0,2231,3966,1600,3966/0-0-0/6ee30ff8-1d2a-4055-88e9-364782f3ea8a/1/1/lebestiaire-9wr-detail-titre-DEF.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037536812~hmac=c2ac20752a0fc6c301aca87a372085b736c19330609166443afa93fe2bbc9908)
Detail: title
![Stencil used for a mural painting by le bestiaire, geometric patterns, painted in black](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4679030e-463d-4fe6-9db4-1520c7827310/0/0/0/0,0,2231,3966,1600,3966/0-0-0/753f51e5-e205-4a5a-a92d-8024bcf22597/1/1/lebestiaire-9wr-pochoir+geometrique-DEF.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037536812~hmac=c2ac20752a0fc6c301aca87a372085b736c19330609166443afa93fe2bbc9908)
Making of 9 Warriors: detail of a stencil
![Making of a mural painting in a room, by le bestiaire. Black wall, black coleopteras, painting material, stool](https://format.creatorcdn.com/4679030e-463d-4fe6-9db4-1520c7827310/0/0/0/0,0,2576,3435,1600,3435/0-0-0/6b19e279-902e-4c53-9d49-0c498bd47214/1/1/lebestiaire-9wr-chantier-DEF.jpg?fjkss=exp=2037536812~hmac=9641fa0a28295ec8c2a67c5a6ddd070d1ff54a0568676a8412e78a0d437ea3e3)
Final phase: painting the volumes for each coleoptera
9 Warriors (2023)
Spray paint with stencil, paintbrush, on previously black painted walls
This work is my contribution to House of Paint II (see also House of Paint on Instagram), a collective exhibition & event of street art and graffiti in a building meant to be destroyed
Zimeysa, Geneva, 2023-2024
- Very special thanks to my partner, Sandrine Rudaz, who helped me all along the process, and this was huge ! -