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Le Poisson combattant

An orange fish appears to emerge from a Calais facade painted with teal blocks and curling white bands by Sweo and Nikita.
Artwork FileCalais, France

Le Poisson combattant

SeenOct 2024

Sweo & Nikita · 2023 · Calais, France

Photo: Street Art Utopia archive; photographer not identified. Art: Sweo & Nikita. Full composition retained.

Sweo and Nikita painted Le Poisson combattant for Calais’s street-art festival in 2023. The anamorphic fish occupies a facade in Beau-Marais. Source Source Checked

Calais tourism records its fifth-place national ranking for 2023. Source Reported

The latest dated photographs checked here were taken in October 2024. The archive hero is undated. Records disagree on the painting month and street number; no current condition survey was verified. Source Checked

💡 4 things to know

  1. A viewpoint mattersThe Trompe-l'œil photographer describes initially photographing the facade from the wrong position before recognizing the anamorphosis. Source Checked
  2. Festival attributionStreet Art Cities credits the 5.7 Crew duo and the festival organized by Les Ateliers du Graff. Source Checked
  3. Dates need careStreet-Heart says July 2023, Trompe-l'œil August, and Street Art Cities September. The shared year is secure; the month remains unresolved. Source Source Source Conflicting
  4. A later photo recordStreet-Heart explicitly dates its photographs to October 2024. This is the latest dated physical evidence in this pack. Source Checked

📍 Where it is

Rue du Commandant Mouchotte, Beau-Marais, Calais. Nearby Rue Vladislav Volkov numbers differ between records. Source Source Source Source Conflicting

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Map search; no clearly framed Street View image was verified.

🗓️ Sightings

  1. 2023Sep

    Photographs taken by Trompe-l'œil's contributor

  2. 202319 Sep

    Trompe-l'œil catalogue entry dated

  3. 2024Oct

    Street-Heart's explicitly dated photographs

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark reports or records. Publication and upload dates are not camera dates.

✅ The facts

Artists
Sweo & Nikita (5.7 Crew) Source Source Checked
Title
Le Poisson combattant Source Source Checked
Month
July in Street-Heart; August in Trompe-l’œil; September in Street Art Cities. Source Source Source Conflicting
Location
Beau-Marais, Calais; Rue du Commandant Mouchotte. Source Source Checked
Street number
2 Rue Vladislav Volkov in Street Art Cities; 4 in Street-Heart. Source Source Conflicting
National ranking
Fifth place for 2023, according to Calais tourism. Source Reported
Latest dated photographs
October 2024; no present-day condition check. Source Checked

🔗 Related

All sources & image credits

Photo: Street Art Utopia archive; photographer not identified. Art: Sweo & Nikita. Full composition retained.

Last checked: 25 October 2026 · How we verify art