JR – ENCRAGES
2011-11-21The first major solo show by JR, after displaying his work in the biggest Museum of the world, the walls of the cities, JR faces the walls of the Gallery.
JR creates monumental photographs that he pastes around the world, infiltrating in urban life anonymous portraits, witnesses of the present and the past : Women are Heroes, in Rio de Janeiro, Jaipur, Nairobi, (2008-2010), which gave its title to JR’s movie that was selected at the Festival de Cannes in 2010 ; The Wrinkles of the City in Carthagena, Shanghai, Los Angeles (2008-2011).
JR reveals art by action, displaying his gigantic prints over the suburban buildings of Paris, on walls in the Middle East or in the United States, on broken bridges in Africa or in favelas in Brazil.
Never-seen before artwork and films will be shown, as well as a pasting on the facade of the Gallery.
Committed art, street art, participative art, ephemeral art… Beyond any category, JR makes us think by inviting on stage anonymous heroes, displaying the faces of humanity, multiple and one at the same time.
Exhibition runs through to January 7th, 2012
Galerie Perrotin
76 Rue de Turenne
75003
Paris
France
