JR: The Artist Whose Mind-Bending Portraits Cover the West Bank, Louvre, and a Supermax Prison

JR is an internationally acclaimed street artist, photographer and filmmaker known for his massive photo-pasting murals that transform cityscapes into powerful messages of empathy and connection. In this episode, JR shares his journey from tagging buildings in Paris as a teen to using art to bridge divides in tense and dangerous places – from the Middle East to Brazilian favelas to Tehachapi, a maximum-security prison in California. Explore JR’s latest documentary “Tehachapi” here: Links from the Show: Tehachapi documentary on Masterclass Face to Face documentary (Israelis and Palestinians) Faces Places documentary Inside Out project JR:murals App on App Store JR’s TED Talks For more conversations like this – with guests ranging from Tom Hanks to Bjork to Jason Sudeikis – go to . See Privacy Policy at and California Privacy Notice at .

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JR: The Artist Whose Mind-Bending Portraits Cover the West Bank, Louvre, and a Supermax Prison is an episode from The Great Creators with Guy Raz by Guy Raz | Wondery.

This episode is 01:24:47 long.

This episode was published on Nov 19, 2024.

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