In this blog “French artist JR and his exhibitions” posted by Clarissa Sebag- Montefiore, people who are lived in China finally had the chance to see JR’s works and involve in his project.

After arrested in China when he first worked in Shanghai, JR brought his project back this summer in 2014. JR, a French street artist who is famous by his giant black and white photography throughout the world and who had been awarded the 2011 TED prize.

I love his works because when he traveled to many places to photography different people’s faces and pasted it onto the walls and roofs and almost everywhere in the city, he let the public to wonder the stories behind it instead of telling them directly. For example, like the author said, “Last time he was in Shanghai, JR’s portraiture focused largely on the city’s elderly residents,” the irony is that he pasted the photos just on the old housing complex which is almost to be destructed. So there are always hidden message through his works and I believe that these photographs might be changing the viewer’s point of view in some ways.

By consisted on spreading the idea of “use art to turn the world inside out”, JR inspired me somehow and the way using city as an art gallery and letting public to think and exchange thoughts is what I interested in most.