Due to the great media interest in the Parisian pochoirists [stencil graffiti artists], they quickly became popular in smaller cities in France. This is an early example of a work in the greater region.

Photo: Christoph Maisenbacher.

This pochoir duo is one of the earliest street artists in the greater region between Saarland, Rhineland, Lorraine and Luxembourg. After political slogans and hard rock band fan graffiti in the early 1980s, stencil graffiti can be found in the local press in the greater region from 1987 onwards.

Photo: Christoph Maisenbacher.

Olivier's highly site-specific, unsigned floppy hat figures 1985-1995 were very well known in photos, postcards and book publications. Initially anonymous, around 1990 Olivier's works were the most published illegal street art in the greater region.

Photo: Christoph Maisenbacher.

This collaboration between Zéb and V2 was created in a left-wing punk graffiti context. Both were members of the punk band Yvain von Stebut et les Hémorroïdes.

Photo: Yvain von Stebut.

The article shows early, mostly anonymous stencil graffiti, which were seen a lot in the media from the mid-1980s onwards due to the popularity of the Paris Pochoirists.