Culled from a shaky French/English translation of his site, JR is a 25 year old photographer who is dead-set on wielding his 28mm barrel against the constructs of separation, ignorance and prejudice.

An intentionally black and white palate overstates the contextually polarized subject matter of his work that when detonated, scatters like a smartbomb across literal constructs of targeted separation: the walls and buildings that serve as the canvas for his intent — the obliteration of stereotype and prejudice.

Illegally or otherwise subversively curated, JR’s works de-face the walls of historic neighborhoods in Paris, the security barriers between Israel and Palestine and war torn remains of African neighborhoods. Employing resident as subject, his assemblages are city wide, and seek to juxtapose and unite waring cultures, close generational chasms, spotlight suffering and uplift the drive to survive and carry on.

JR’s observations are relayed in the universal language of wheatpaste and revolt at a staggaring scale that guarantees no attention disaffected.

See for yourself (stills via the header)

via: the full clip while in search of recent madvillain drops.