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Showcasing the full scope of the artist's career, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eJR: Chronicles\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e accompanies the first major exhibition in North America of works by the French-born artist. Working at the intersections of photography, social engagement and street art, JR collaborates with communities by taking individual portraits, reproducing them at a monumental scale and wheat pasting them—sometimes illegally—in nearby public spaces.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis superbly produced volume 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, to his more recent digitally collaged murals that create collective portraits of diverse publics. The centerpiece of the accompanying exhibition is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Chronicles of New York City\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a new epic mural of more than 1,000 New Yorkers. 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It also includes his collaborations with other artists and institutions such as the New York City Ballet, film director Agnès Varda, and \u003cem\u003eTime \u003c\/em\u003emagazine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA foreword by Hollywood legend George Lucas, a specially commissioned graphic novel by comic artist Joseph Remnant, an updated survey essay by Nato Thompson, and a short piece by Italian film director Alice Rohrwacher all come together to tell JR’s fascinating story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_measure\"\u003eHardcover, 384 pages, 2024 \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"pve_measure\"\u003e9.9 in H | 8.6 in W | 1.6 in T | 3.7 lb Wt\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"PHAIDON-HBG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41870527758426,"sku":"","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0064\/3940\/3610\/files\/9781838668570._2ac9b_1.jpg?v=1744817319"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.crystalbridges.org\/collections\/jrs-printing-press.oembed","provider":"Crystal Bridges and the Momentary","version":"1.0","type":"link"}