JR describes himself as a “photograffeur” as his work contains elements of both photography and graffiti. The artist is known for pasting portraits of his black and white photography around the globe, from the slums in Paris to the broken bridges in Africa. The people in these communities aren’t just seeing the art: they are the art, they are his models…
"I wish for you to stand up for what you care about by participating in a global art project, and together we'll turn the world...INSIDE OUT."
Editions
Latest Releases
JR's prints are not just art, they are individual stories which are always part of a greater project. Here you can scroll through his latest releases from Lazinc...
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Inside the Container, Le Havre, 2014, 2014 228 cm x 338 cm Ink on wood -
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28 Millimètres, Portrait d'une Génération, Les Bosquets, Eye See You, Montfermeil, France, 2014, 2014 125 cm x 400 cm Colour print on metallic paper mounted on aluminium, plexiglass (Diptych) -
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28 Millimètres, Portrait d'une Génération, Les Bosquets, Jeté Cambré, Montfermeil, France 2014, 2014 125 cm x 187 cm Colour print on metallic paper mounted on aluminium, plexiglass -
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28Millimetres, Portrait d'une generation, B11, destruction #8, Montfermeil, France, 2013, 2013 125 cm x 187.5 cm Cibachrome print mounted on aluminium under Perspex -
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28Millimetres, Portrait d'une generation, B11, destruction #4, Montfermeil, France, 2013, 2013 180 cm x 270 cm Cibachrome print mounted on aluminium under Perspex -
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Intercontinental Hotel, Monrovia, Liberia (wood), 2008 134 cm x 78 cm Photo pasted onto wood panel
Exhibitions
JR Crossing
Taking over two floors, visitors are able to experience the world of JR. The exhibition includes artworks from the UNFRAMED Ellis Island project and Les Bosquets series…
Taking over two floors, visitors are able to experience the world of JR. The exhibition includes artworks from the UNFRAMED Ellis Island project and Les Bosquets series…
16 October - 12 November 2015
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Souvenir from visiting the set of the revolutionary "Le Redoutable" by @michel_hazanavicius - Louis...
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🙏🏻 Thank you Toronto for the People's choice documentary 🥇 award for FACES PLACES ! Toronto Film ...
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Yesterday @insideoutproject in @villedissy (France) ✌🏻
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Still up at the US/Mexican border - go visit (location link in bio)
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Congrats to my brother and maestro @darrenaronofsky for @mothermovie 💥 with the I.N.C.R.E.D.I.B.L.E...
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Still up in downtown L.A, I pasted this one in 2011
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Back at it 👊🏼with my brother @residente
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Just received those photos from the border where people are gathering around the piece on both side ...
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View from the Mexican side
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Surprise the @insideoutproject photobooth truck is @lacma Museum until 9:30pm today #free #opentopub...
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Meet Kikito, he turned 1 year old last April. The piece is visible close to the Tecate border for a...
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If you are in L.A tomorrow join me @blumandpoe for a talk with @trucatriche at 8 pm - 2727 S La Cien...
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Work in progress on the Mexican side of the US/MEXICO border
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ART PROJECT at the US/MEXICAN border - live now
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At our school @casaamarelaprovidencia this week end, artist @talitamilanez giving a class 🙏🏻 @nin...
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👊🏼👊🏼👊🏼 @aiww
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Very proud to have worked on a special artwork for the new very 💥 album of my soul twin sisters @ib...
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🛩 Telluride Film Festival, Colorado 🕶
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See also
JR
Why not check out the artist's official website for more news on what they are up to? Or you can scroll across to view videos, press articles, related exhibitions and more...
JR's latest thought-provoking work...
JR’s art provokes thoughts, questions and curiosity in all of those that view his pieces, it doesn’t matter if you...
12 September 2017
Group show Still Here, A Decade Of Lazarides
In February 2016, Lazarides will celebrate its 10th anniversary with a group exhibition from the gallery's most celebrated and pioneering...
12 February - 24 March 2016
JR Crossing
This October Lazarides Rathbone welcomes Parisian artist and TED Prize winner JR back to London with Crossing, an exhibition of...
16 October - 12 November 2015
French guerilla ‘photograffeur’ JR is changing perceptions with his art, one project at a time
Even in this era of diamond-encrusted skulls and multi-million-pound art fairs, we should never underestimate the elemental power of paper, passion and glue.
Amy Dawson, Metro, 16 Oct 2013
JR Actions
JR returns to London after five years with a two-part solo exhibition, Actions, at Lazarides Rathbone and multiple sites across...
11 October - 13 November 2013
JR: Actions at Lazarides Gallery
Returning to London after five years, French artist and social commentator JR presents us with his two-part solo exhibition at London’s Lazarides Gallery – and what an exhibition it is.
Tish Weinstock , The Upcoming, 11 Oct 2013
JR Turning London INSIDE OUT
It's safe to say that JR has thoroughly turned London INSIDE OUT this week. His famous photo booth truck is...
10 October 2013
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Parisian street artist/photographer JR uses the whole world as a gallery.
Josh Jones, Le Cool, 10 Oct 2013
JR with his Inside Out Project
French artist JR, creator of the Inside Out project, poses on Monday with some of his portraits at Somerset House in London, England.
Annabel Cook, Financial Times, 7 Oct 2013
Streets: JR (London)
As we mentioned last month, JR (interviewed) is returning to London after five years with a two-part solo exhibition, ACTIONS.
Butterfly, Arrested Motion, 7 Oct 2013
The Gangster: A Profile of JR's London Gallerist, Steve Lazarides
"I've had a bit of a disjointed day," Steve Lazarides says as we stroll through Beverly Hills.
Michael Slenske , Blouin Artinfo, 20 Oct 2010
Group show Grow Up
We are delighted to open our new gallery on Rathbone Place with Grow Up. The first exhibition will be the...
15 May - 25 June 2009
JR 28 Millimetres: Women
We are delighted to present JR's first solo exhibition at Lazarides, 28 Millimetres: Women. The exhibition will take place in...
3 October - 14 November 2008