JR: Can Art Change the World?
Thompson, Nato; Remnant, JosephRev. and exp. ed. 2019. 336 S. 225 Farbabb. 245 mm GEB
PHAIDON, BERLIN
The most comprehensive monograph on the enigmatic French street artist "; now updated to include brand-new workFilled with stunning photography, thisextraordinary monograph charts JR's widereachingtrajectory and a range of collaborativeprojects executed across the globe. Created inclose collaboration with the artist, it featureschapters on each of JR's major bodies of work"; from "Expo2Rue,' which launched his career asa street artist, to "The Gun Chronicles: A Storyof America' published in Time magazine in 2018.A specially commissioned graphic novel bycomic artist Joseph Remnant and a survey essayby Nato Thompson tell JR's fascinating story.JR,JRis an internationally acclaimed artist, whoselarge-scale, black-and-white photographs areexhibited freely in the streets of the world.Nato Thompsonis artistic director of PhiladelphiaContemporary, and was chief curator of CreativeTime from 2007 to 2017.Joseph Remnant is a Los Angeles-based artist/cartoonist whose work has appeared in Arthur magazine, New York Times, and Juxtapoz.