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JR

TEHACHAPI Perrotin 17 June–2 July 2021 New York
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About the Artist

Born in 1983 in France, JR works between Paris and New York. After finding a camera in the Paris metro in 2001, he traveled Europe to meet those who express themselves on walls and facades, and pasted their portraits in the streets, undergrounds and rooftops of Paris. The artist creates ‘Pervasive Art’ that spreads uninvited on the buildings of the slums around Paris, on the walls in the Middle-East, on the broken bridges in Africa or the favelas in Brazil. People who often live with the bare minimum discover something absolutely unnecessary. In that Art scene, there is no stage to separate the actors from the spectators. JR exhibits freely in the streets of the world, catching the attention of people who are not typical museum visitors.

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JR Les esquisses de la Caverne Perrotin 5 June–25 July 2026 Paris Marais
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Emmanuel Perrotin founded his first gallery in 1989 at the age of 21. He has opened since then over 17 different spaces, with the aim of continuing to offer increasingly vibrant and creative environments to experience artists work. He has worked closely with his roster of artists, some since more than 25 years, to help fulfill their ambitious dreams and projects. The gallery is now based in New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, and participates in all the significant worldwide art fairs each year (Art Basel (Hong Kong, Miami, Basel), Frieze (London, New York), FIAC (Paris), Dallas Art Fair, Art Cologne, Art Stage Jakarta, Expo Chicago, Art021 & West Bund Art & Design, Shanghai, Zona Maco Mexico, amongst others).
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130 Orchard Street
New York
United States
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Tuesday – Saturday
10am – 6pm
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New York 130 Orchard Street
Perrotin contemporary art gallery in New York United States
Perrotin
130 Orchard Street, New York, United States
+1 212 812 2902
http://www.perrotin.com

Opening hours
Tuesday – Saturday
10am – 6pm
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