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CAN ART CHANGE THE WORLD? is a non for profit organization that aims to use the power of art, culture and education to bring social awareness and social change around the world. It was created by the French artist JR to bring continuity to his art projects.
JR (French pronunciation: [ʒi ɛʁ]; born 22 February 1983) is the pseudonym of a French photographer and street artist. JR stands for the initials of JR's first name, which is Jean-René.
Journalist Fabrice Bousteau has called JR "the Cartier-Bresson of the 21 st century", and indeed, JR's blending of photography and street art (as well as film, installation, performance, digital media, and more) is distinctly contemporary.
ATELIER JR offers exclusively all the lithographs by the artist JR. This selection of artworks, which shows the vitality and the richness of his work, illustrates the most important projects created by the artist since 2004.
Jun 27, 2022 · Famed for enormous black-and-white portraits that are pasted on surfaces ranging from the Louvre to the US-Mexico border wall, multimedia artist JR continues to tackle ambitious projects.
JR is the pseudonym of a French photographer and street artist whose identity is unconfirmed. Describing himself as a photograffeur, he flyposts large black-and-white photographic...
Jul 9, 2016 · Street Artist JR creates pervasive art that spreads uninvited on the buildings of the slums in France, the walls in the Middle East, the broken bridges in African, and the favelas in Brazil. JR has traveled to distant and dangerous places many times.
JR (French, b.1983) was born in Paris, France, on February 22, 1983. The artist, who remains anonymous, addresses political conflicts through his public art projects. JR’s career began with Street Art.
Apr 2, 2018 · Art has the power to change the way we view the world. It has the ability to bring us together and reflect our humanity on a grand scale. With his global art project, artist and TED Prize...
Mar 5, 2019 · For the elusive French artist and activist known simply as JR, the streets are an art gallery and the citizens are its curators. For the past two decades, his monumental black-and-white “pastings” of everyday people have transformed buildings in New York, walls in Palestine, slums in Kenya, and favelas in Rio de Janeiro, urging viewers to ...
