Well, sort of. The French photographeur (who was responsible for the former "I am Man" mural on 14th and T last year) isn't actually in D.C. this week, but his Inside Out/ 11M project is and you have an opportunity to participate. On March 2, 2011, JR won a TED prize and in his acceptance speech, he called for the use of art to turn the world upside down. Inspired by his large-format street "pastings," he launched Inside Out, a global participatory art project that gives regular people an opportunity to share their portrait to make a statement and transform messages of personal identity into works of public art. Here in the District, the 3 day project is part of a sub-category of Inside ...
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Monsieur JR Goes to Washington
While the entire city is bubbling with Natitudes and buzzing about the Expos Nationals this afternoon, I have been busy obsessing over the new mural that just went up at 1401 T Street, NW. JR is a French artist who considers himself a photographer first, a street artist second and an activist third. His civil-right themed 14th street mural reflects all three elements of his work. "I am Man" Mural at 14th and T Street NW. Photo by moi, taken at 2PM on Wednesday, October 10 2012 JR began his career of taking art outside of the traditional setting of museum in Paris, where we have a LOT of museums! He plastered pictures of suburbian youths first on the facade of the grim subsidized ...
