Street art superstar JR has unveiled his newest project in an unlikely location: ... I did a project a few years ago in Rikers Island and it was a .... JR's “Tehechapi” mural installation tells the stories of California prison inmantes ... who all helped JR in wheat pasting the work comprised of 338 strips of paper. ... I did a project a few years ago in Rikers Island and it was a ...
Invited to install work at Rikers Island in New York, JR took photographs of inmate's eyes and pasted them in three different locations around the complex. The artist spoke on this project saying, “We just pasted the eye of another Inmate on the 2 South Building of the Rikers Island Jail in New York City.. Using photo collage, JR creates “Pervasive Art” that spreads uninvited on the buildings of the slums ... Ghosts of Ellis Island, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong, China
Juxtapoz Magazine - JR pastes Rikers Island Jail. As if being in jail and being watched every moment was not enough, artist JR has made sure that the almighty .... ... and street art, JR collaborates with communities by taking individual portraits, reproducing them at a monumental scale, and wheat pasting them—sometimes ...
Art Installation at Rikers Island - New York-based artist JR has recently completed an art installation at the Riker's Island prison. These large-scale art projects .... The French street artist traveled to Rikers Island over the weekend to put his trademark ... He came out in the jail yard when we were pasting.. JR Reproduces Images of More Than 1,000 NYC Residents in ... at a monumental scale, and wheat pasting them—sometimes illegally—in .... Invited to install work at Rikers Island in New York, JR took photographs of inmate's eyes and pasted them in three different locations around .... Unveiling a large eye of an inmate on the wall of Rikers Island Prison, the throw-up sees the signature monochromatic wheat paste design overlook the prison yard. JR said of the piece “he wanted me to choose his eye looking left as life in jail is all about watching your back.. The street artist JR is on a mission to change the world by pasting giant portraits on to walls and ... Rikers Island prison, New York, 2013. JR still .... Juxtapoz Magazine - JR pastes Rikers Island Jail. As if being in jail and being watched every moment was not enough, artist JR has made sure that the almighty .... Rikers Island Prison Gets the JR Art Treatment. Andrew LaSane. ByAndrew LaSane. Andrew LaSane is a freelance writer from South Carolina ... eff9728655