JR

Montfermeil 2005 by JR

  • 02:42 . 6 May 2009 /// Posted by admin ///
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French artist JR gives us a real taste of the outer suburbs of Paris with this video on the urban exhibition “28 millimeters”....
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From Rio’s Favelas to the Tate Modern Gallery



Modern ghettos are results of how urbanism can overwhelm and dehumanize human beings.

The French artist “JR” encourages the inhabitants of these ghettos to take artistic revenge. Using a 28 millimeter camera, he takes pictures of people living in these areas and turns them into stickers that he fixes on the street walls.


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