JR
JR
Street Artist (1983-)
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"The city's the best gallery I could imagine. I would never have to make a book and then present it to a gallery and let them decide if my work was nice enough to show people. I would control it directly with the public in the streets."
JR is a French street artist and photographer born in Paris on February 28th 1983. He has stated that the street is "the largest art gallery in the world." He uses his art and statements to deal with commitment, freedom, identity and limits. JR uses his art to express political statements, most recently was at the US-Mexico border, which he put up a 'dreamer' looking over the border. He also has a strong social media presence and uses that to connect with people from all over the world.
His art medium is using photography then making large scale copies of his work. Then he takes this and grows these amazing large scale works of art. An example of this is the work that he did at the Louvre, JR transformed the Louvre Pyramid using one of his anamorphic images. With this when seen from the right angle, the Pyramid seemed to disappear.
His art medium is using photography then making large scale copies of his work. Then he takes this and grows these amazing large scale works of art. An example of this is the work that he did at the Louvre, JR transformed the Louvre Pyramid using one of his anamorphic images. With this when seen from the right angle, the Pyramid seemed to disappear.
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