1.0Drawing Labhttps://www.drawinglabparis.com/en/thomashttps://www.drawinglabparis.com/en/author/thomas/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="H1HFuwyiYS"><a href="https://www.drawinglabparis.com/en/exhibitions/adverse-circumstances/">Extenuating circumstances</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.drawinglabparis.com/en/exhibitions/adverse-circumstances/embed/#?secret=H1HFuwyiYS" width="600" height="338" title="“Extenuating circumstances” — Drawing Lab" data-secret="H1HFuwyiYS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.drawinglabparis.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.drawinglabparis.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Circonstances-Attenuantes_Lek-Sowat.jpg1000853"Mitigating Circumstances" is an evocative title in a world where urban art is torn between the judicial convictions of some and the institutional recognition of others. Lek and Sowat are self-taught artists from the illegal practice of graffiti, but recognized and exhibited by official cultural institutions, and in particular by the Villa Medici, which welcomed them as boarders under the title of "urban artists" (unpublished name) in 2016.