French Artist Jr Posters As Roofs

Jr the french artist who woke up the street jr never takes off his sunglasses or his hat and refuses to reveal his identity.

French artist jr posters as roofs.

French artist jr wasn t trying to save the world when he started gluing images of faces onto the walls of buildings roofs streets and along stairs. As a result of his frequently spectacular work jr is sometimes described as an artiviste a portmanteau of the french words for artist and activist which he doesn t like. From buildings in the slums around paris to the walls in the middle east and africa or the favelas of brazil. His work has sold at sotheby s and been plastered 100ft high on the wall of tate modern.

Between 2004 and 2006 jr created portraits of a generation portraits of young people from the housing projects around paris that he exhibited in huge format. After observing the people he met and listening to their message jr pasted their portraits up in the streets and basements and on the roof tops of paris. Jr is the pseudonym of a french photographer and artist whose identity is unconfirmed. As an very active french artist he exposes his monumental black and white photographs on concrete walls or rusty roofs of cities throughout the world.

In recognition of his achievements he was awarded the 2011 ted prize then worth 100 000. Provence france french national railways market in aix en provence vintage world travel poster by andr planson c 1957 master art print 13in x 19in 5 0 out of 5 stars 6 22 98 22. All french posters are produced on demand using archival inks ship within 48 hours and include a 30 day money back guarantee. Mar 10 2014 explore amascolino s board jr graffiti artist on pinterest.

T he parisian photographer jr is a man routinely touted as the hippest street artist since banksy. Jr works at the intersection of photography street art filmmaking and social engagement. See more ideas about street artists street art jr art. Customize your french poster with hundreds of different frame options and get the exact look that you want for your wall.