JR AT THE ARMORY SHOW 2018

Immigrants who are waiting, "Armory Show", New York City, 2018

JR AT THE ARMORY SHOW 2018

March 19, 2018

Invited by The Armory Show, JR’s “So Close,” presented by Artsy and Jeffrey Deitch at the entry to Pier 94, faces us with a line of immigrants, waiting. The archival image from Ellis Island is updated with Syrians’ portraits JR took at the Zaatari refugee camp. 

Like his recent image of baby Kikito along the U.S.-Mexican border, these supersized silhouettes are sited at a symbolic point of entry. Their scale--like the history and identity of this country—is impossible to ignore.

The Armory show took place March 7-10 2018
PIERS 92 & 94 in New York City

FACES PLACES WON THE SPIRIT AWARDS AND AN ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION!