JR
JR
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth22 February 1983
CountryFrance
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For me, the gallery legitimates the art production and helps build collections. I don't think an artist should do everything by himself forever. I did it for years and then slowly built my circle of trust.
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Most of the time, people look at a piece of art online when it is just a few blocks from their house. Changing the way you walk home everyday fills life with surprises.
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I've always been so surprised by how people interpret my photos in context.
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The Internet doesn't always play a great role for art, especially art in the street, as people take what they see for the final image of it. But the most interesting thing about street art is to see it for real, to understand what it means and where it's displayed.
everywhere
My parents were born abroad. I was born in France, but I feel comfortable everywhere - I don't see the borders.
art change
Art is not meant to change the world.
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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.
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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.
impose
I should never impose an image forever. I like how ephemeral it can be.
man
I am an all-surface wallpaper man that retired to become a printer.
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The beauty of an art project is that you cannot always measure the impact, but one day it can become clear.
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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.
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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.
If you give me Times Square, I want to give it back to the people.