JR and Liu Bolin Collaborative Artwork in New York City. In a pretty interesting get together, French artist JR has teamed up with Chinese artist Liu Bolin on a collaborative artwork in New York City. JR is known for his beautiful large scale works around the globe, while Liu Bolin is known for making himself disappear or make invisible on interesting backgrounds.
Not long ago, we reported about Liu Bolin working with fashion designers Gaultier, Elbaz and others. First the French artist wheat-pasted up a photo mural of Liu and now, we get to see the Chinese artist return the favor and camouflage JR into his own art with his signature touch. Bolin had to paint JR’s entire body, including the face to make it work. The outcome is beautiful and the team-up is a match made in heaven. Take a detailed look at the final work and the process after the jump. (Via ArrestedMotion) JR - Artist. JR in Shanghai. Street art. Congratulations JR – The 2011 TED Prize Winner. Inside Out. JR x Fubiz TV. JR’s Inside Out Project in Times Square | 16 Apr Click to enlarge Well this should be fun. French street artist JR (previously here and here) is bringing his large-scale participatory Inside Out Project to NYC starting next week.
People are invited to take their self-portraits in a specially designed photo booth stationed in Times Square. Some of the black and white instantly-printed 3′ x 4′ posters will be displayed in Times Square but each portrait-taker is encouraged to take their poster back to display publicly in their home community. Inside Out New York City coincides with the world premiere of the documentary film Inside Out: The People’s Art Project on April 20th as part of the Tribeca Film Festival, and will later have its television debut on HBO on May 20th. I would imagine there will be lines, so you might want to pick a weekday to head over to the photo booth truck, but based on our own personal experience with the Inside Out Project, I highly recommend participating one way or another.