The video featured 500 people from different cultures, underlining the global need from climate control and JR’s hope that the countries would unite over meaningful pledges during the conference.Ī separate film was created after The Standing March. The video was projected on the facade of the Assemblée Nationale in Paris during the UN’s COP21 Conference on climate control in 2015.

The Standing March is a collaborative installation project by JR and the American director Darren Aronofsky, who made the renowned film Requiem for a Dream. It underscores themes surrounding feminism, racism, climate change, diversity, education and children's rights. This global project is probably JR’s most famous street art installation. In the first eight years of the project, more than 400,000 portraits were posted in the streets of over 140 countries. Anyone could participate in the project and they were challenged to provide photographic portraits that shared untold stories about their community. The concept of the project was to give people the opportunity to share their portraits and a statement of what they stand for with the world. In 2011, during his TED talk in Long Beach, California, JR stated, 'I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project and together we’ll turn the world…INSIDE OUT!' JR was awarded the TED Prize to start this art project entitled Inside Out. Some of JR’s most famous street art collages Let’s go on a trip around the world to see some of his most iconic pieces!Ĭontemporary street artist JR’s most iconic works of art

Since the beginning of the century, JR's street art has been creating waves in the art world. For the past twenty years, he has been covering walls and monuments around the world with his larger-than-life collages. This photographic collage process became JR’s signature street art technique. He developed the images and create large-format prints that he pasted onto walls in the cities he was visiting. He talked to the people he met, listened to their stories and captured them on film. Starting in 2001, this French artist traveled around Europe armed with his camera. From the beginning of his artistic career JR’s street art has been dominated by multicultural themes, leading many to categorize him as an urban activism. From graffiti to massive photographic collagesįrom an early age JR was fascinated by street art and, more specifically, graffiti. This master of contemporary street art was born in Paris in 1983. JR has created a very specific public persona for himself, always appearing in public wearing black sunglasses and a stylish fedora hat. This art technique uses realistic imagery to create an optical illusion.

Jean-René, popularly known as JR, is a world-renowned master of trompe-l'oeil, French for ‘to trick the eye,’ installations. Artalistic - a leading online gallery - takes you on deep-dive into JR's artistic career and most iconic pieces.

For the past twenty years, the French street artist Jean-René, popularly known as JR, has been making headlines with his monumental photographic collages and large-scale trompe-l'oeil artworks that he installs around the world.

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