French Artist Jr Posters As Roofs

Describing himself as a photograffeur he flyposts large black and white photographic images in public locations in a manner similar to the appropriation of the built environment by the graffiti artist.

French artist jr posters as roofs.

T he parisian photographer jr is a man routinely touted as the hippest street artist since banksy. Jr the french artist who woke up the street jr never takes off his sunglasses or his hat and refuses to reveal his identity. After observing the people he met and listening to their message jr pasted their portraits up in the streets and basements and on the roof tops of paris. As a result of his frequently spectacular work jr is sometimes described as an artiviste a portmanteau of the french words for artist and activist which he doesn t like.

From buildings in the slums around paris to the walls in the middle east and africa or the favelas of brazil. As an very active french artist he exposes his monumental black and white photographs on concrete walls or rusty roofs of cities throughout the world. Over the last two decades he has developed multiple public projects and numerous site specific interventions in cities all over the world. Between 2004 and 2006 jr created portraits of a generation portraits of young people from the housing projects around paris that he exhibited in huge format.

In recognition of his achievements he was awarded the 2011 ted prize then worth 100 000.