JR

Art / Photography (FR)

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What is the finished piece? The striking, pasted-on-wall, black and white image? The photograph of the art work? Or the street itself? We’re not sure, but we suspect that the world’s first, self-proclaimed ‘photograffeur’ thinks that it’s all three. A giant on the street art scene for over two-decades, and championed by luminaries such as the Wooster Collective, JR’s work has hung on street corners and galleries the world over. In 2011, he received the Ted Prize, which offers him the opportunity to make “A wish to change the world”. He creates InsideOut, an international participatory art project that allows people worldwide to get their picture and paste it to support an idea, a project, an action and share their experience.