For his coffee-table book *JR: New York*, the world-renowned artist JR transformed public spaces in New York into universal galleries through large-scale participatory projects, film collaborations, and striking installations.
The world-renowned artist JR transforms public spaces into universal galleries through large-scale participatory projects, cinematic collaborations, and striking installations. The coffee-table book ‘JR: New York’ highlights his impressive work in New York City.
JR uses the street as a canvas for his monumental photographic collages. His participatory projects (28 Millimeters, Face 2 Face, …) involve local communities. He launched Inside Out, a global project that invites everyone to express themselves through images. He also explores the world of film (Visages, Villages with Agnès Varda, which won an award at Cannes) and creates spectacular installations (the Louvre, the Olympic Games in Rio). His socially engaged art, which straddles the line between poetry and activism, transforms public spaces into a universal gallery.
This book puts New York in the spotlight. Since 2006, JR’s collages have left their mark on life in New York, and several of his most important projects have been realized in this cosmopolitan city: “Unframed” on Ellis Island, in collaboration with Robert De Niro (2014), *The Chronicles of New York City* for the Brooklyn Bridge (2024), or the immense collaborative collages, such as those in Times Square or Flatiron Plaza. An introductory essay by Françoise Mouly, editor-in-chief of *The New Yorker*, offers a fresh perspective on this work.
Specifications
Title: JR: New York
Publisher: Maison CF
Dimensions: 270 x 368 x 15 mm
Length: 88 pages
Language: English
Material: Hardcover
ISBN: 9791096575374
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