JR
JR
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth22 February 1983
CountryFrance
punishment havens
I haven't took no punishment. There's nothing cool about taking punishment.
training watches opponents
I don't adjust my training for any of my opponents. I don't watch films on my opponents.
weakness shows
Ive never shown my weakness, I will never show my weakness.
If you give me Times Square, I want to give it back to the people.
itself people taken work
If there's one thing I've always taken care of with my work, it's that it's never an advertisement for anything other than the work itself and for the people it's about - no 'Coca-Cola presents.'
art believe change changing creating guess impact meant people smaller
Art is not meant to change the world, but when you see people interacting, when you see an impact on their lives, then I guess in a smaller way, this is changing the world. So, that's what I believe in. That's why I'm into creating more and more interactions.
anonymous exhibit fact knows means stay travel wherever
The fact that I stay anonymous means I can exhibit wherever I want. No one knows my name, so it's easy for me to travel.
art beauty cannot measure project
The beauty of an art project is that you cannot always measure the impact, but one day it can become clear.
man
I am an all-surface wallpaper man that retired to become a printer.
impose
I should never impose an image forever. I like how ephemeral it can be.
changing city name rooftops time trip using
I started when I was 15 years old. And at that time, I was not thinking about changing the world, I was doing graffiti - writing my name everywhere, using the city as a canvas. I was going in the tunnels of Paris, on the rooftops with my friends. Each trip was an excursion, was an adventure.
art bringing came coming people
When you're in New York, people don't say, 'We're happy you came to New York.' In D.C., people thank you for coming here and bringing art here.
art change
Art is not meant to change the world.