February 17, 2011 | by heatherd53 | Share |
There’s a new street artist in town.
Meet JR. He’s the 27-year-old Parisian artist/activist who has been graffiting up (not an expression) LA. Like Banksy, his identity is all hush hush. I do know however, that his name comes from a character in one of my favorite old TV shows… Dallas! As in who shot JR?
The concept for his LA street project, “The Wrinkles of the City,” is pretty interesting. LA Weekly: “JR chooses his subjects and locations carefully, spending time with the locals shooting black-and-white portraits and then mounting his city-sized, albeit illegal, exhibits on the buildings his subjects inhabit. Conceptually, he believes his work gives the people in his photos a voice not normally recognized in the world or city in which they live.”
LA Weekly will reveal all 20 super secret locations every day at 2pm. His most recent popped up in Venice.
When is JR coming to your hood? Read more about it here.
-HD
Friday, February 18, 2011
Who Is JR?
via thesmogger.com
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