THE BALLERINA IN CONTAINERS: A NEW LITHOGRAPH ON SOCIAL-ANIMALS.NET

2014 Dec 17 - 06:23

Check out JR's new lithograph, "The Ballerina in Containers, Le Havre, France, 2014".

This image was taken from a series of photographs done in Le Havre, France with a ballerina from the Paris Opera Ballet. JR brought dancers there this summer during the continuation of his Women Are Heroes project when he pasted a woman’s eyes onto a large container ship. The containers created a unique and inspiring atmosphere that JR enjoyed exploring.

The lithograph can be found on Social-animals.net - the exclusive website to get JR's lithographs and books ! Check out the new version of the website here.

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WoW ! Just received this amazing @insideoutproject ! WE ARE THE DREAM Montgomery, AL, USA 2473 Portraits We are The Dream is a mosaic of humanity, of home, of hope on one of the most historic streets in America, Dexter Avenue.Thousands of local participants from all parts of the city came share a desire to present a more accurate portrait of Montgomery from the insidea community of individuals who are loving, intelligent, proud, passionate, creative, and evolving together. We are The Dream reminds us that the power to transform exists within each of us; that an engaged loving community is the way forward. #wearethedream #insideoutproject Thanks @joshuabgeyer for sending it ! @chopemdownfilms for the
From the Ghetto to the !! Congrats to my brother partner in crime @ladjly whos first film is selected in official competition at Cannes Film Festival ! This is HUGE ! When one of us win we all win... since we started we have always sticked together ! We made films together ... even a ballet in New York City Ballet, we traveled the world together from Somalia to Rio... we pasted the Tate Modern and even brought the French president to Les Bosquets !!!! Ladj started his own film school last year and now his film is going to be shown to the world ... be ready ... its #kourtrajme #lesbosquets #93370
When I was 19, I was spending my nights pasting small posters framed with paint in the streets of paris. I got an email from a student of Ecole du Louvre, his name was Emile and he told me that he noticed my work and that he was writing an essay on the bridge between art in the streets and Museums.. Even if I was afraid it could be some police trying to frame me, I met him in the middle of the night on a bench in paris .. At this point in my life I was doing everything by myself and never thought that artist could be a job.. I now realize how naive about art I was and maybe thats what gave me the freedom to do whatever I wanted. As I didnt know how to write (I still dont and Marco helps me), every time I had a text to do, I would ask Emile, so he wrote the foreword of my first book ... He then interviewed my friends from Clichy Montfermeil for the book we were doing with @ladjly One day he came to me and said, I think you need an assistant to help you, even more so if you are going to travel... I didnt know if I could pay a salary. I was 22 and I didnt need much but Emile had 2 kids and it was a big commitment on both sides. And thats how its started ... when I traveled for the first time to the Middle East he backed us up from Paris.. and then we traveled to Sierra Leone, Liberia, Kenya, Sudan, India, Cambodia , Brazil ... For the first 3 years, we planned every single project together and slowly built a team .. we survived a few gunshots and Ill always remember his mother driving him to the airport asking me to bring him back alive ! mile became one of my closest friend and he will always be.. last week was his last project at the Louvre as he decided to try to challenge himself and live a new adventure. Even if I am sad to see Emile leaving the team, I know that well always be here for each other. Anything anytime ! Long live Emile and Merci
Making-of
New piece up in Havana, Cuba on the side of @galleriacontinua @artecontinua_lahabana for the XIII Biennial !
And the crane came ... work in progress in Cuba with @galleriacontinua @artecontinua_lahabana for the Biennale
What remains now is the memories of people from around the world who came to paste the piece ... or to walk on it and tear it to make it disappear ... merci vous
Bon voyage camarade
En Franais car elle naimait pas que je fasse lamricain... Agns tait prs de la tombe de Jacques Demy, elle faisait semblant de dormir, ou de mourir. Elle avait plant le grand arbre il y a trs longtemps et fait installer un banc pour pouvoir s asseoir prs de lui. Elle m a dit, un jour j irais rejoindre Jacques ici et a semblait lui faire plaisir. Agns croyait en l amour, au couple, aux couples, elle disait que faire les choses deux c est beau, que savoir qu on peut compter sur l autre, c est merveilleux. Aujourd hui, Agns a t rejoindre Jacques pour l ternit au terme d une belle et longue vie. Agns, je sourirai toujours en pensant toi.

THE BALLERINA IN CONTAINERS: A NEW LITHOGRAPH ON SOCIAL-ANIMALS.NET

THE BALLERINA IN CONTAINERS: A NEW LITHOGRAPH ON SOCIAL-ANIMALS.NET

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