About
Maverick French artist JR is a self-styled ‘photograffeur’, papering outsized posters into unauthorised public spaces in an echo of graffiti art. Motivated by reaching people who might not step into a gallery, he began his career with a camera he found on the Paris Metro, photographing residents of housing project Les Bosquets and pasting them across the city. Now a worldwide superstar, he continues to document people who might otherwise be overlooked, shining a light on them through large-scale social justice projects.
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JR
La Forestiere Ghetto, Clichy-sous-Bois
POA | £20,000 – £40,000
See Details- 2008
- Photograph pasted onto wood panel
- Original
- Signed on verso
- 75cm x 4cm x 73cm
JR
Giants, Brandenburg Gate
£1,650
See Details- 2018
- Lithograph on paper
- Edition of 180
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- 75cm x 0cm x 50cm
JR
I Fix My Head II
£2,400
See Details- 2014
- Lithograph on paper
- Edition of 99
- Signed and numbered by the artists
- 69cm x 0cm x 103cm
JR
Mariano, Los Surcos de la Ciudad, Cartagena
£1,300
See Details- 2008
- Screen print on paper
- Signed and numbered by the artist
- 76 x 50 cm
- Edition of 100
Did you know?
In 2016, J.R used paper to create a real-time illusion that made the Louvre’s famous pyramid disappear.
Country of Birth
France
Notable Collections
Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Notable Exhibitions
JR: Chronicles, The Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA, 2019
Le secret de la grande pyramide, Exposition Cour Napoléon du Louvre, Paris, France, 2019
Chroniques de Clichy-Montfermeil, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France, 2017
Art In the Streets, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA, 2011
CA - Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA, 2010
Exhibitions by JR
Hang-Up Collections | 05/2018
David Shrigley, Delphine Lebourgeois, Grayson Perry, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Jeff Koons, Jonas Wood, JR, Swoon, Tim Fishlock, Tracey Emin,
May 15, 2018 – Jun 16, 2018
