French Artist

JR is a French street artist and photographer, who is best known for his large black and white photographs flyposted in public places. His art comes from activism. While in his works he focuses on local and concrete issues, he always has a wider universal picture in mind, a strong (and idealistic) belief in the good of humanity. Among JR’s most important projects we find: Face 2 Face, in which he pasted on the West Bank barrier portraits of Palestine people next to Isreali people to fight against prejudices; Inside Out Project, which inspired people all around the world to use photographic portraits to narrate untold stories of their communities; and Women are Heroes, in which he highlighted the strength and resilience of women in the places with the highest rates of social distress.

JR, Inside Out NYC, May 2013