JR spotlights communities across the world by photographing individual members of those communities and then wheat pasting their images -sometimes illegally- on a monumental scale usually reserved for advertisements featuring models, celebrities, and politicians. He has received critical acclaim for his global art projects that bring together diverse groups of participants and create dialogue around critical social issues, from women's rights to immigration, to gun control. JR is a TED Prize winner, Oscar nominated filmmaker, and one of Time's 100 most influential people of 2018. The exhibition opens in London during a key moment in time in which social engagement and the power of communities have taken centre-stage in London and around the world.', Laura Uccello, Partnerships Director ' JR: Chronicles takes visitors on a global journey through the intimate storytelling of one of today's most influential contemporary artists. Saatchi Gallery is delighted to showcase JR: Chronicles featuring recent projects, including The Secret of the Great Pyramid (2019), JR's large-scale collaborative piece created in occasion of the 30th anniversary of the Louvre Pyramid, and Tehachapi (2019) which follows JR's experiences with inmates of a maximum-security prison in California. Curated by Sharon Matt Atkins and Drew Sawyer from the Brooklyn Museum, JR: Chronicles traces JR's career from his early documentation of graffiti artists as a teenager in Paris to his large-scale architectural interventions in cities worldwide and recent digitally collaged murals that create collective portraits of diverse communities. Saatchi Gallery is pleased to present JR: Chronicles - the largest solo museum exhibition to date of the internationally recognised French artist JR, featuring some of his most iconic projects from the past fifteen years.

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