JR Deplacées (english edition)

JR (1983) is a French artist classified as one of the most important street artists of the last twenty years. The artist has succeeded in creating a perfect marriage between photography and the concept of urban art, reproducing large images and placing them within the urban context in increasingly complex ways, but always managing to create a strong empathy with the public. Known to many as the Parisian Banksy, JR likes to call himself a ‘photograffeur’, i.e. a mixture of photographer and graffiti artist. JR exhibits his images in the largest art gallery on the planet; his work is freely presented on the streets of the world, attracting the attention of people other than museum visitors. Original and unmistakable works that mix art and action and speak of commitment, freedom and identity. JR uses photo collage as a characteristic technique of his style, which has exploded into the dimension of public art in cities all over the world.