[ricobenfico]

arkitip.com/magazines/0056-jr/

Featuring:
JR
Layout Art Direction
Marthe Svagelski
Sample Pages 6.5 x 9.5 In. (16.51 x 24.13 cm)
128 pages + covers
Four color offset printed, perfect bound
Packaged in a glassine translucent acid free archival envelope
Hand packaged & numbered ltd. edition of 1000
Packaged with two 5 x 7 In. (12.7 x 17.78 cm) original JR photographs from past installations
$40.00

JR
Issue No. 0056
JR utilizes the biggest art gallery and exhibition space in the world. He exhibits freely in the streets of the world, catching the attention of people who are not museum visitors. His work mixes Art and Act; talks about commitment, freedom, identity and limit. Working with a team of volunteers in various urban environments, he mounts enormous black-and-white photo canvases that are spread on the buildings of the slums of Paris, on the walls in the Middle East, on broken bridges in Africa, and across the favelas of Brazil. These images become part of the local landscape and capture people’s attention and imagination both locally and around the world. During JR's projects, elderly women become models for a day and kids turn "artist" for a week. In this art scene, there is no stage to separate the actors from the spectators.

In Rio, he turned hillsides into dramatic visual landscapes by applying images to the facades of favela homes. In Kenya, for his project “Women Are Heroes,” he turned Kibera into a stunning gallery of local faces. In 2006, he created "Portrait of a generation"; a project in the slums of Montfermeil, France. In this project he created portraits of (supposed) suburban “thugs” that he then posted in huge formats in the bourgeois districts of Paris. This illegal project became “official” when the Paris City Hall wrapped its building with JR’s photos. Then in 2007 he created Face 2 Face along with friend and art activist Marco. It was the largest illegal photo exhibition ever produced. JR posted enormous portraits of Israelis and Palestinians face to face in eight Palestinian and Israeli cities, on the both sides of the Security fence / Separation wall. The experts said it would be impossible, but he did it. There was subsequently a book published and a documentary made on the project. In 2008, he embarked for a long international trip for “Women"; a project in which he underlines the dignity of women who are often the targets of conflicts.

This year (2010) along with Bill Clinton and Bono, JR was awarded the prestigious TED prize.

[gwenie]

I was looking at that the other day, but the shipping to the UK is about $88

[oldskoolspinner]

thanks for sharing. shipping to the UK is $31

[gwenie]

Dec 30, 2010 14:23:20 GMT 1 @oldskoolspinner said:

thanks for sharing. shipping to the UK is $31

I obviously selected the wrong shipping method I selected UPS Worldwide express. Which shipping selection is $31 to the UK?

[oldskoolspinner]

Dec 30, 2010 14:29:31 GMT 1 gwenie said:

Dec 30, 2010 14:23:20 GMT 1 @oldskoolspinner said:

thanks for sharing. shipping to the UK is $31

I obviously selected the wrong shipping method I selected UPS Worldwide express. Which shipping selection is $31 to the UK?

This one gwenie USPS Priority Mail International

[ricobenfico]

Woops, cheers Fragile!

Happy to move/lock thread Silky...

[gwenie]

Dec 30, 2010 14:33:07 GMT 1 Fragile said:

Here's the original thread...
urbanartassociation.com/index.cgi?board=jr&action=display&thread=63754&page=1

Some UK members are looking for others to buy with to share the P&P costs.

Dec 30, 2010 14:43:42 GMT 1 @oldskoolspinner said:

This one gwenie USPS Priority Mail International

Thank you both

[Francis]

the two original photos that he's used in past installations that are included...I take it they are all different? is there a way we can choose which photo we want? i can't imagine he has 1,000 different original photographs that are good. you might end up with 2 shite pictures. good way to get two original JR photos though, i guess

[des77]

Dec 30, 2010 18:57:34 GMT 1 Francis said:

the two original photos that he's used in past installations that are included...I take it they are all different? is there a way we can choose which photo we want? i can't imagine he has 1,000 different original photographs that are good. you might end up with 2 s**te pictures. good way to get two original JR photos though, i guess

lol cheap skate its $40 for 2 photographs, thats a bargain.

At the bottom of the artkip page it say packaged with 2 photographs.... that link goes to 12 sample images.

I presume they are what we may get, I may be wrong.... just trying to use common sense

[Brushstrokes 75]

The 2 photographs are the two last photos of the slideshow in the sample images!

[des77]

Dec 30, 2010 19:15:12 GMT 1 Brushstrokes 75 said:

The 2 photographs are the two last photos of the slideshow in the sample images!

ah I see that... 'Packaged JR photographs'

[ciscokid]

so they arent 'originals' but photos originally taken by him and then mass produced to sell a magazine.

[des77]

Dec 30, 2010 19:26:19 GMT 1 ciscokid said:

so they arent 'originals' but photos originally taken by him and then mass produced to sell a magazine.

It says this 'original JR photographs from past installations', its an edition of 1000 so who knows. The only fact is if you want a JR 1/1 original you will need to spend at least 200 times the price of the mag

[Francis]

they are original photographs that he has used in past installations and there are 1,000x2 = 2,000 different original photographs

[Martin DK]

Dec 30, 2010 19:38:15 GMT 1 Francis said:

they are original photographs that he has used in past installations and there are 1,000x2 = 2,000 different original photographs

Sounds interesting - so 2000 different photos, thats quite something IMO

[mmmike]

Dec 30, 2010 21:52:47 GMT 1 Martin DK said:

Dec 30, 2010 19:38:15 GMT 1 Francis said:

they are original photographs that he has used in past installations and there are 1,000x2 = 2,000 different original photographs

Sounds interesting - so 2000 different photos, thats quite something IMO

Has someone confirmed that? I didn't read it that way. i'm pretty sure it is 1,000 x 2 different prints. The two that are shown if you click the link.

[des77]

2000 prints, 2 different images. They even listed the 2 images in the links.

[des77]

mods should close one of the JR threads to stop the confusion

[manty]

Dec 30, 2010 23:16:29 GMT 1 @des77 said:

mods should close one of the JR threads to stop the confusion

And all the banksy CYW threads ;D

[anodyne13]

Worse case scenario you get 2 photos editioned out of 1000 for not much loot.

[aj2010]

Dec 30, 2010 23:16:29 GMT 1 @des77 said:

mods should close one of the JR threads to stop the confusion

Or you could just use your common sense and work it out.

[graffoto]

Dec 31, 2010 4:49:22 GMT 1 anodyne13 said:

Worse case scenario you get 2 photos editioned out of 1000 for not much loot.

only scenario - read the ad... nice looking package tho

happy new year

[swamped]

Took a chance , will let you know how it goes...

[kunstrasen]

These will be the two photographs you'll receive with the magazine...





...guess both of an edition of 1000 and most likely not signed nor numbered but still a rather nice thing to get with a magazine. The shipping costs to Europe nevertheless are hideous and probably two or three times what it actually should cost.

[hlarmy]

Two original photos from who I consider the second most promising artist from this scene for $40. Bloody bargain

[des77]

Dec 31, 2010 11:56:06 GMT 1 aj2010 said:

Dec 30, 2010 23:16:29 GMT 1 @des77 said:

mods should close one of the JR threads to stop the confusion

Or you could just use your common sense and work it out.

people were asking questions that were already answered in the other thread

[kunstrasen]

Jan 1, 2011 12:41:02 GMT 1 hlarmy said:

Two original photos from who I consider the second most promising artist from this scene for $40. Bloody bargain

Bloody bargain, agreed, but still an annoyance that shipping to Europe is almost as much as the magazine. Still a bargain though I guess.

[Deleted]

Thinking of getting one...

But, is it 1000 copies of original JR's photo or really original photo from previous installation...

Thus, posting here to follow up this thread

[graffoto]

It's the two photo's above - same in every package

[jeromeetjess]

Hope I will receive mine very soon even if it is snowing :-)