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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No Trespassing #1, Paris, France, 2021, 2022 70 x 50 cm Print
$754
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Clichy Sous Bois, 2006 46 x 61 cm Photography
$4,063
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Ballet, Palais Royal, Paris, France, 2020, 2022 70 x 50 cm Print
$754
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Inside out, Haïti, 2012, 2020 70 x 100 cm Print
$1,131
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Inside Out, Times Square, Close Up, USA, 2013, 2021 100 x 70 cm Print
$1,068
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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
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La Ferita, 25 Mars 2021, 19h07, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italie, 2021, 2021 100 x 70 cm Print
$1,257
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28 Millimètres, Women Are Heroes - Swimming Pool, Intercontinental Hotel, Verticale, Monrovia, Liberia, 2008 98 x 72 cm Print
$1,414
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28 Millimetres, Women are Heroes Action in Phnom Penh, Peng Panh, 2011 72.5 x 102.5 cm Print
$1,068
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Punto di Fuga, 21 Juillet 2021, 05h26, Rome, Italie, 2021, 2022 100 x 70 cm Print
$1,257
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Trompe l'oeil, Greetings from Giza, 22 octobre 2021, 16H44, Giza, Egypte, 2021, 2022 70 x 100 cm Print
$1,257
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Tehachapi, Daytime, U.S.A., 2019 70 x 100 cm Print
$1,853
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28 millimètres, Women are Heroes, Action in Kibera Slum, General View Nairobi, Kenya, 2009, 2021 70 x 100 cm Print
$1,257
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Trompe l'oeil, Greetings from Giza, 21 octobre 2021, 6H01, Giza, Egypte, 2021, 2022 70 x 100 cm Print
$1,257
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JR - Tehachapi, Mountain, February 7, 2020, 6.43P.M., U.S.A., 2020, 2020 70 x 100 cm Print
$1,257
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28 Millimètres, Women are Heroes, Eyes on bricks, New-Delhi, India, 2011 37 x 112 cm Print
$1,236
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The Wrinkles of the city, La Havana, Antonio Cruz Gordillo, 2020 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print
$1,990
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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
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Action in Kibera Slum, Train Passage 1 , Kenya, 2009, 2010 73 x 104 x 0.2 cm Print
$1,047
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Giants, Mohamed Younes Idriss from Sudan, Flamengo, Brazil 2016, 2018 100 x 70 cm Print
$1,452
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JR - Lovers on the roof, USA, 2018 70 x 100 cm Print
$1,450
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JR au Louvre, 29 Mars 2019, 18H08, 2021 35 x 46 cm Print
$2,084
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Giants, Kikito, 2020 36 x 46 cm Print
$1,037
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Finding Hope, Night View, Paris, France, 2020 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print
$2,503
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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
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La Pyramide, 12 Juin 2016, 5H55, 2019 36 x 46 cm Print
$1,990
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JR au Louvre, 29 Mars 2019, Paris, France (19h45), 2021 35 x 46 cm Print
$1,990
JR
Trompe L'oeil, les falaises du Trocadéro 19 mai 2021 19h57, 2021 64 x 96 x 2 cm Print
$3,665
JR
Trompe L'oeil, les falaises du Trocadéro 25 mai 2021 22h18, 2021 64 x 96 x 2 cm Print
$3,665
JR
The Wrinkles of the City, Los Angeles, Œil froissé 3, 2015 89.5 x 67 x 0.2 cm Print
$1,990
JR
Women Are Heroes, Elizabeth Kamanga, Le Havre, France, 2014, 2021 50 x 70 cm Print
$754
JR
Los Surcos de la Ciudad, Marino Saura Oton, Cartagena, Espagne, 2008, 2021 48 x 36 x 0.2 cm Print
$942
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Jr (1983) - JR au Louvre, 29 Mars 2019, 19H45, 2021 35 x 46 cm Print
$2,084
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Trompe L'oeil, Death Valley, Billboard, March 4, 2017, 5:41 Pm, California, USA, 2017, 2021 50 x 85 cm Print
$754
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Olho, Estadio do Pacaembu, Sao Paulo, 2020, 2022 50 x 70 cm Print
$754
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In the Container Wall, 2020 50 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print
$2,189
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JR au palais de Tokyo, 28 août 2020, 16h12, Paris, France, 2020, 2021 100 x 70 x 0.1 cm Print
$2,513
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Trompe L'oeil, les falaises du Trocadéro 18 mai 2021 19h58, 2021 64 x 96 x 2 cm Print
$3,665
JR
New York City Ballet Art Series, Paper Interactions 13, 2014, 2016 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print
$1,990
JR
Los Surcos de la Ciudad, Marino Saura Oton, Cartagena, Espagne, 2008, 2021 48 x 36 cm Print
$471
JR
Swimming Pool, Intercontinental Hotel, Verticale, Monrovia, Liberia, 2008, 2016 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print
$2,094
JR
Action in Phnom Penh, Peng Panh, Cambodia, 2011 72.5 x 103 x 0.2 cm Print
$1,990
JR
Inside Out, Haiti, 2012 70 x 100 x 0.3 cm Print
$1,990
JR
28 Millimètres, Face 2 Face, Separation Wall, Security fence, Palestinian side, Bethlehem, 2007, 2021 70 x 100 x 0.2 cm Print
$2,094
JR
La Ferita, 25 Mars 2021, 19h07, Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italie, 2021 100 x 70 x 0.2 cm Print
$2,094
JR
JR au Louvre, 29 Mars 2019, 18H08, 2021 35 x 46 cm Print
$1,990
JR
Trompe l'oeil, Les Falaises du Trocadéro, 21 mai 2021, 20h03, Paris, France, 2021, 2021 64 x 96 x 2 cm Print
$2,827
JR
Mafia, 2006 48 x 68 cm Print
$5,500
JR
Giants, Brandenburg Gate, 2020 50 x 75 x 0.2 cm Print
$1,990
JR
The Chronicles of New York City, Domino Park, USA, 2020 70 x 100 x 0.3 cm Print
$2,618
JR
THE BALLERINA IN CONTAINERS, HOLDING TIGHT, LE HAVRE, 2021, 2022 70 x 100 cm Print
Price upon request
JR
New York city ballet, paper interactions 13, 2014, 2017 100 x 70 cm Print
Sold
JR
Giants, Miguel, Casa Amarela, Morro da Providência, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2018,, 2019 46 x 36 cm Print
Sold
JR
Ballet, Ballerina In Crate, East Village, New York City, 2015 46 x 36 cm Print
Sold
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JR au Louvre, La Pyramide, Paris, France, 2016, 2019 36 x 46 cm Print
Sold
JR
Brandenburg Gate, September 27, 2018, 18h55, 2020 50 x 75 cm Print
Sold
JR
Casa Amerela, JR on the Moon, 2018 46 x 36 cm Photography
Sold
JR
The Ballerina Jumping in Containers Le Havre France 2014, 2018 34 x 46 cm Print
Sold
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Migrants, Mayra, Eye In The Lower East Side, New York City, USA, 2018, 2019 70 x 50 x 0.1 cm Print
Sold
JR
Women Are Heroes Calais Elizabeth Kamanga On Sea, Le Havre, France, 2017, 2017 40 x 70 x 1 cm Print
Sold
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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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What is JR’s artistic movement?
The artistic movements of the artists are: Activist Artists, Famous photographers, Activist Artists, Optical Illusions Photographers
When was JR born?
The year of birth of the artist is: 1983