JR
19 Nov 2011 - 07 Jan 2012
JR
Encrages
19 November, 2011 - 7 January, 2012
The Galerie Perrotin is pleased to announce the first major solo show by JR, «Encrages» from 19 November 2011 to 7 January 2012.
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, etc. (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 etc. (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.
He received the prestigious TED Prize in 2011 that offered him to make a «wish to change the world». With the Inside Out Project, JR brings together and prints portraits, as messages of personal identity
On this occasion, photobooths printing large-scale self-portraits were seen during the summer in various places of the globe, including Paris, (Centre Pompidou), Arles (Rencontres de la Photographie), Tel Aviv or Ramallah.
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.
From 29 November to 10 December 2011, the Galerie Perrotin will organize an exhibition by JR «Wall & Paper» at The M Building in Miami
JR was born in France in 1983, works in Paris and New York. Winner of the TED Prize in 2011.
EXHIBITIONS (selection):
2011 : «Wall & Paper», Galerie Perrotin, The M Building, Miami, USA ; «Encrages», Galerie Perrotin, Paris ; «Paris-Delhi-Bombay», Centre Pompidou, Paris, France ; «Art In the Streets», MOCA Museum, Los Angeles, USA 2010 : «Viva la revolucion : A dialogue with the Urban Landscape», Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA ; «Festival Images», Elysee Museum, Vevey, Switzerland ; «The Wrinkles of the City», Contemporary art Biennal, Shanghai, China 2009 : «Women are Heroes», Ile Saint-Louis, Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, France ; «Les Rencontres photographiques d’Arles», Arles, France ; «Women are Heroes», Casa França Brazil, Rio di Janeiro, Brazil
2008 : «Portrait of a Generation», Installation, Tate Modern, London, UK ; Installation on the walls of the Rath Museum, Geneva,
Switzerland ; «Women are Heroes» Installation, Brussels, Belgium
2007 : Bienniale of Venise, Arsenal, Venise, Italy ; FOAM Museum of Photography, Amsterdam, Netherlands ; «Les rencontres
photographiques d’Arles», Arles, France
2006 : Installation on the Town Hall Square, Paris, France ; Centre Pompidou, Librairie Flammarion, Paris, France ; Installation on the
walls of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris France ; Installation on the walls of the Espace des Blancs Manteaux, Paris, France
PROJECTS (selection):
2011 : «Inside Out Project», Abu Dhabi, Emirats Arabes Unis ; «Inside Out Project», Jérusalem, Israël & Palestine ; «Inside Out Project», Brooklyn, USA ; «The Wrinkles of the City», Los Angeles, USA ; Release of JR’s film «Women are Heroes» (selected at the Cannes Film Festival)
2010 : «The Wrinkles of the City», Carthagene, Spain ; «The Wrinkles of the City», Shanghai, China ; «Inside Out», Ted Prize Project
2009 : «Women are Heroes», Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2008 : «Women are Heroes», Slum of Kiberia, Nairobi, Kenya ; «Women are Heroes», Favela Morro Da Providencia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ; «Women are Heroes», New Delhi, Jaipur, India
2007 : «Face2Face», Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Ramallah and Separation wall / Security fence, Israel-Palestine
2004 : «Portrait of a Generation», Les Bosquets ghetto, Montfermeil, Paris, France
Encrages
19 November, 2011 - 7 January, 2012
The Galerie Perrotin is pleased to announce the first major solo show by JR, «Encrages» from 19 November 2011 to 7 January 2012.
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, etc. (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 etc. (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.
He received the prestigious TED Prize in 2011 that offered him to make a «wish to change the world». With the Inside Out Project, JR brings together and prints portraits, as messages of personal identity
On this occasion, photobooths printing large-scale self-portraits were seen during the summer in various places of the globe, including Paris, (Centre Pompidou), Arles (Rencontres de la Photographie), Tel Aviv or Ramallah.
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.
From 29 November to 10 December 2011, the Galerie Perrotin will organize an exhibition by JR «Wall & Paper» at The M Building in Miami
JR was born in France in 1983, works in Paris and New York. Winner of the TED Prize in 2011.
EXHIBITIONS (selection):
2011 : «Wall & Paper», Galerie Perrotin, The M Building, Miami, USA ; «Encrages», Galerie Perrotin, Paris ; «Paris-Delhi-Bombay», Centre Pompidou, Paris, France ; «Art In the Streets», MOCA Museum, Los Angeles, USA 2010 : «Viva la revolucion : A dialogue with the Urban Landscape», Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA ; «Festival Images», Elysee Museum, Vevey, Switzerland ; «The Wrinkles of the City», Contemporary art Biennal, Shanghai, China 2009 : «Women are Heroes», Ile Saint-Louis, Pavillon de l’Arsenal, Paris, France ; «Les Rencontres photographiques d’Arles», Arles, France ; «Women are Heroes», Casa França Brazil, Rio di Janeiro, Brazil
2008 : «Portrait of a Generation», Installation, Tate Modern, London, UK ; Installation on the walls of the Rath Museum, Geneva,
Switzerland ; «Women are Heroes» Installation, Brussels, Belgium
2007 : Bienniale of Venise, Arsenal, Venise, Italy ; FOAM Museum of Photography, Amsterdam, Netherlands ; «Les rencontres
photographiques d’Arles», Arles, France
2006 : Installation on the Town Hall Square, Paris, France ; Centre Pompidou, Librairie Flammarion, Paris, France ; Installation on the
walls of the Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris France ; Installation on the walls of the Espace des Blancs Manteaux, Paris, France
PROJECTS (selection):
2011 : «Inside Out Project», Abu Dhabi, Emirats Arabes Unis ; «Inside Out Project», Jérusalem, Israël & Palestine ; «Inside Out Project», Brooklyn, USA ; «The Wrinkles of the City», Los Angeles, USA ; Release of JR’s film «Women are Heroes» (selected at the Cannes Film Festival)
2010 : «The Wrinkles of the City», Carthagene, Spain ; «The Wrinkles of the City», Shanghai, China ; «Inside Out», Ted Prize Project
2009 : «Women are Heroes», Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2008 : «Women are Heroes», Slum of Kiberia, Nairobi, Kenya ; «Women are Heroes», Favela Morro Da Providencia, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ; «Women are Heroes», New Delhi, Jaipur, India
2007 : «Face2Face», Tel-Aviv, Jerusalem, Ramallah and Separation wall / Security fence, Israel-Palestine
2004 : «Portrait of a Generation», Les Bosquets ghetto, Montfermeil, Paris, France