Empreinte, Chauvet, France, 2023
JR

JR - the internationally renowned French street art artist. About the artist The artist, born in Paris in 1983, works under his initials JR (Jean-René) and deliberately remains anonymous. By doing so, he does not want to put his person in the foreground, but his work. JR is considered the rising star in the sky of street art. At the latest around 2011 JR attained to his international reputation with the appreciation by the TED Prize. This award is given for bold visionary ideas that want to change the world. In 2013, there was the first museum retrospective of JR's work. Since then, his works have been continuously shown internationally in renowned museums, including the Tate Modern in London, the Brooklyn Museum in New York, and the Kunsthalle Munich. Street Art: he Street as a Place of Art Growing up in the banlieues of Paris, JR became interested in street culture at an early age. At the age of 17, he found a camera in the Paris metro, started taking photos, and pasted them on the walls of buildings with the words 'Expo de rue' (street exhibition). This is how JR combined photography with street art. He quickly found that his photographs were noticed by passers-by and created an emotional effect. JR's first exhibition venues were the streets of Paris, and later the world. »I own the biggest gallery in the world - the walls of the city!« – JR The...