Jr street artist biography

Describing himself as a photograffeur he flyposts large black and white photographic images in public locations in a manner similar to the appropriation of the built environment by the graffiti artist. Born in france on february 22 1983 jr was just another average teenager with a passion for graffiti. The anonymity of jr and the absence of any explanation accompanying his huge portraits leave him with a free space in which issues and actors performers and passers by meet forming the essence of his work. During his collage activities the local communities take part in the act of artistic creation with no stage separating actors from spectators. However it was not until he found a camera on the subway that his perception on street art change. His work has sold at sotheby s and been plastered 100ft high on the wall of tate modern. Growing up in los angeles man one developed his love for art developing his skills as a graffiti artist on the streets of la. Photo by sarah cascone. Jr is the pseudonym of a french photographer and artist whose identity is unconfirmed. A semi anonymous street artist of international renown jr plasters giant monochrome photographs of faces in urban centers on rooftops and walls in church windows and along the sides of buses. He lived graffiti and truly enjoyed the movement. Calling the street his gallery and using art to turn the world inside out jr delivers a message of social action telling the stories of. When french street artist jr teamed up with time magazine on his multimedia project guns in america he was hoping to get the public s attention and to inspire people across the us to engage in meaningful conversation about gun violence. Jr has created infiltrating art. Describing himself as a photograffeur a portmanteau of photographer and graffeur french for graffiti artist he flyposts large black and white photographic images in public locations.

Jimmy c s work is often characterised by his drip painting style where the paint is allowed to drip down the wall to add texture. Born in france on february 22 1983 jr was just another average teenager with a passion for graffiti. T he parisian photographer jr is a man routinely touted as the hippest street artist since banksy. Well street artist jr did just the unimaginable by combining the two. Jr with his guns in america mural. Well street artist jr did just the unimaginable by combining the two. He states that the street is the largest art gallery in the. His graffiti moniker was face 3.

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