JR
JR
NationalityFrench
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth22 February 1983
CountryFrance
check heard love prize ted
What I love about the TED is that it's not, 'Hey, take this check and enjoy.' It's, 'Do something with this, and we'll help you.' I think that's the most beautiful prize I've ever heard of.
bring discussion good matter people photo
With 'Inside Out,' no matter how good the photo or how big the pasting, people will like it or they won't. But what you see through any of these actions is that there's going to be discussion and it's going to bring people together.
art blocks changing everyday few fills home life online people piece time walk
Most of the time, people look at a piece of art online when it is just a few blocks from their house. Changing the way you walk home everyday fills life with surprises.
art build built circle gallery helps himself production slowly trust
For me, the gallery legitimates the art production and helps build collections. I don't think an artist should do everything by himself forever. I did it for years and then slowly built my circle of trust.
artwork strips
Even when I do really big pieces, I do them strips by strips - so you have to paste, you have to involve people. It's a whole process. And I like that. For me, that's where the artwork is.
anyone brand corporate point responsibility
A really important point for me is that I don't use any brand or corporate sponsors. So I have no responsibility to anyone but myself and the subjects.
people surprised
I've always been so surprised by how people interpret my photos in context.
art final great image means people role street understand
The Internet doesn't always play a great role for art, especially art in the street, as people take what they see for the final image of it. But the most interesting thing about street art is to see it for real, to understand what it means and where it's displayed.
everywhere
My parents were born abroad. I was born in France, but I feel comfortable everywhere - I don't see the borders.
art change
Art is not meant to change the world.
art bringing came coming people
When you're in New York, people don't say, 'We're happy you came to New York.' In D.C., people thank you for coming here and bringing art here.
changing city name rooftops time trip using
I started when I was 15 years old. And at that time, I was not thinking about changing the world, I was doing graffiti - writing my name everywhere, using the city as a canvas. I was going in the tunnels of Paris, on the rooftops with my friends. Each trip was an excursion, was an adventure.
impose
I should never impose an image forever. I like how ephemeral it can be.
man
I am an all-surface wallpaper man that retired to become a printer.