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JR (artist)
French artist (born )
JR (French pronunciation:[ʒiɛʁ]; born 22 February [3]) is the pseudonym of a French photographer and street artist.
JR stands for the initials of JR's first name, which is Jean-René.[4]
Describing himself as a photograffeur (a portmanteau of "photographer" and "graffeur"—French for "graffiti artist"), he flyposts large black-and-white photographic images in public locations.[5] He states that the street is "the largest art gallery in the world."[6][7] He started out on the streets of Paris.[8] JR's work "often challenges widely held preconceptions and the reductive images propagated by advertising and the media."[8]
JR's work combines art and action, and deals with commitment, freedom, identity and limits.[9] He has been introduced by Fabrice Bousteau as: "the one we already call the Cartier-Bresson of the 21st century".[10] On 20 October , JR