Two letters to summarize the phenomenon that has hit photography in the XXI century. Two letters that cover the walls everywhere around the world, from the Favelas of Brazil to the Upper East Side of New York. Only two letters, that mean a lot: J and R, JR.
From his real name Jean-René, JR is a young photographer born in Paris in 1983. He has done many street art projects, all of them monumental, whether by their meaning or by their surfaces.
In the beginning, it was through graffiti that the artist entered the world of street art, but in 2001 he found a camera in the Subway in Paris and immediately started taking pictures. Everything that surrounded him became a source of inspiration, a phenomenon that will persevere and develop.
JR's dinstictive artistic touch lies in his creative process, gigantic photo collages depicting individuals in black and white. They are giant in size and in technique. To create his wall projects, the photographer surrounds himself with a team of 15 specialists, from visual artist to performers.
His predilection for large format can not be explained only by an aesthetic choice, it is also a way for the artist to draw attention. This way everyone can see it, there is no need to go to the museum to be surrounded by works of art. In order to appeal to the publics' emotions, JR uses his public as the principal part of his works. His portraits are not without foundation, they approach current societal issues and reflections about our identity, a recurrent subject on the works of the artist.
In 2008, he is remembered for what he did at the brazilian Favelas "28 Millimeters, Women Are Heroes" where he pasted huge photos of the faces and eyes of local women all over the outside of the favela covering whole blocks of houses with striking faces. A year before, the photographer had already made a remarkable work with "Face 2 Face" where portraits of Palestinians and Israelis were pasted face to face on the dividing wall between the two cities in conflict.
Recently, it is the Pantheon and the Louvre where JR attacked. In 2014 he dressed the Pantheon with portraits of passersby, continuing with his artistic line but with a hint of demagogy what he was blamed for. Finally, in 2016, he did his finest trick, he made the Louvre pyramid dissapeared, making us dream of a better and crazier future.
Unframed, Charlie Chaplin revu par JR, The Kid, Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Coogan, USA, 1923, de jour Paris, 2021 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print
$1,770
La Ferita, 25 Mars 2021, 19h07, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italie, 2021, 2021 100 x 70 cm Print
$1,257
28 Millimètres, Women Are Heroes - Swimming Pool, Intercontinental Hotel, Verticale, Monrovia, Liberia, 2008 98 x 72 cm Print
$1,414
28 Millimetres, Women are Heroes Action in Phnom Penh, Peng Panh, 2011 72.5 x 102.5 cm Print
$1,068
Trompe l'oeil, Greetings from Giza, 22 octobre 2021, 16H44, Giza, Egypte, 2021, 2022 70 x 100 cm Print
$1,257
28 millimètres, Women are Heroes, Action in Kibera Slum, General View Nairobi, Kenya, 2009, 2021 70 x 100 cm Print
$1,257
Trompe l'oeil, Greetings from Giza, 21 octobre 2021, 6H01, Giza, Egypte, 2021, 2022 70 x 100 cm Print
$1,257
JR - Tehachapi, Mountain, February 7, 2020, 6.43P.M., U.S.A., 2020, 2020 70 x 100 cm Print
$1,257
28 Millimètres, Women are Heroes, Eyes on bricks, New-Delhi, India, 2011 37 x 112 cm Print
$1,236
Unframed, Charlie Chaplin revu par JR, The Kid, Charlie Chaplin & Jackie Coogan, USA, 1923, de jour Paris, 2021 70 x 50 cm Print
$1,361
Giants, Brandenburg Gate, September 27, 2018, 18h55, © Iris Hesse, Ullstein Bild, Roger-Viollet, Berlin, Germany, 2018, 2020 50 x 75 x 0.1 cm Print
$1,770
Los Surcos de la Ciudad, Marino Saura Oton, Cartagena, Espagne, 2008, 2021 48 x 36 x 0.2 cm Print
$942
Trompe L'oeil, Death Valley, Billboard, March 4, 2017, 5:41 Pm, California, USA, 2017, 2021 50 x 85 cm Print
$754
JR au palais de Tokyo, 28 août 2020, 16h12, Paris, France, 2020, 2021 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print
$2,513
New York City Ballet Art Series, Paper Interactions 13, 2014, 2016 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print
$1,990
Swimming Pool, Intercontinental Hotel, Verticale, Monrovia, Liberia, 2008, 2016 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print
$2,094
28 Millimètres, Face 2 Face, Separation Wall, Security fence, Palestinian side, Bethlehem, 2007, 2021 70 x 100 x 0.2 cm Print
$2,094
La Ferita, 25 Mars 2021, 19h07, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italie, 2021 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print
$2,094
Trompe l'oeil, Les Falaises du Trocadéro, 21 mai 2021, 20h03, Paris, France, 2021, 2021 64 x 96 x 2 cm Print
$2,827
THE BALLERINA IN CONTAINERS, HOLDING TIGHT, LE HAVRE, 2021, 2022 70 x 100 cm Print
Price upon request
Giants, Miguel, Casa Amarela, Morro da Providência, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2018,, 2019 46 x 36 cm Print
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Who is the artist?
Two letters to summarize the phenomenon that has hit photography in the XXI century. Two letters that cover the walls everywhere around the world, from the Favelas of Brazil to the Upper East Side of New York. Only two letters, that mean a lot: J and R, JR.
From his real name Jean-René, JR is a young photographer born in Paris in 1983. He has done many street art projects, all of them monumental, whether by their meaning or by their surfaces.
In the beginning, it was through graffiti that the artist entered the world of street art, but in 2001 he found a camera in the Subway in Paris and immediately started taking pictures. Everything that surrounded him became a source of inspiration, a phenomenon that will persevere and develop.
JR's dinstictive artistic touch lies in his creative process, gigantic photo collages depicting individuals in black and white. They are giant in size and in technique. To create his wall projects, the photographer surrounds himself with a team of 15 specialists, from visual artist to performers.
His predilection for large format can not be explained only by an aesthetic choice, it is also a way for the artist to draw attention. This way everyone can see it, there is no need to go to the museum to be surrounded by works of art. In order to appeal to the publics' emotions, JR uses his public as the principal part of his works. His portraits are not without foundation, they approach current societal issues and reflections about our identity, a recurrent subject on the works of the artist.
In 2008, he is remembered for what he did at the brazilian Favelas "28 Millimeters, Women Are Heroes" where he pasted huge photos of the faces and eyes of local women all over the outside of the favela covering whole blocks of houses with striking faces. A year before, the photographer had already made a remarkable work with "Face 2 Face" where portraits of Palestinians and Israelis were pasted face to face on the dividing wall between the two cities in conflict.
Recently, it is the Pantheon and the Louvre where JR attacked. In 2014 he dressed the Pantheon with portraits of passersby, continuing with his artistic line but with a hint of demagogy what he was blamed for. Finally, in 2016, he did his finest trick, he made the Louvre pyramid dissapeared, making us dream of a better and crazier future.
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