{"author":"Jan Brennenstuhl","categories":["Street Art"],"cover":{"alt":"JR in China: The Wrinkles of Shanghai","height":840,"src":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-shanghai1.jpg","width":1880},"credit":"","date":"2010-10-18T17:28:54Z","description":"Famous large-scale paste-up artist and photographer JR is currently in Shanghai for his latest project “The Wrinkles of the City” featuring elderly people and their memories. Brilliant urban artworks again!","html":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePhoto Paste-Ups\u003c/em\u003e | French photographer and urban artist \u003cstrong\u003eJR\u003c/strong\u003e is in Shanghai to paste-up a new series of street photographs of elderly Chinese people. As \u003ca href=\"http://arrestedmotion.com/2010/10/update-jr-the-wrinkles-of-the-city-shanghai-biennale/\"\u003eArrested Motion\u003c/a\u003e wrote, the \u003cem\u003e“photos will be pasted up at locations that he feels speak to the heritage of a city that has definitely has its share of ups and downs”\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter his participation in the \u003ca href=\"/jr-abu-dhabi-art-fair/\"\u003e“Abu Dhabi Art Fair”\u003c/a\u003e in 2009 and the fantastic \u003ca href=\"/women-are-heroes-time-lapse-jr/\"\u003e“Women Are Heroes”\u003c/a\u003e project, “The Wrinkles of the City” is JR’s latest urban photography project and is supported by Magda Danysz Gallery.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor this project, JR starts by doing portraits of elderly people who represent the memory of the city he picks for its interesting past. Conjunctly JR interviews each person as they are the witnesses of all the changes the city went through. Then these portraits, printed in monumental sizes, are pasted in the very same city in various places that inspire JR and also represent the city heritage. (\u003ca href=\"http://www.magda-gallery.com/en/wrinkles-city-jr\"\u003eMagda Danysz Gallery\u003c/a\u003e)\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003c/blockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAnd again it’s an impressing urban art project. I love that man!\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1600\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1600\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1600\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-shanghai_hu_9b792c79e9664156.avif 480w, /jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-shanghai_hu_e912111f0b231c7f.avif 960w, /jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-shanghai_hu_1e071c17d36b9ad7.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-shanghai_hu_fc7bcdc1016e9076.webp 480w, /jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-shanghai_hu_5de37dcc2a94738a.webp 960w, /jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-shanghai_hu_5f3567b3a2d33538.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n  \u003cimg src=\"/jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-shanghai_hu_99942ca3a364950f.jpg\" srcset=\"/jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-shanghai_hu_b3378e1e602d5148.jpg 480w, /jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-shanghai_hu_c4fe9368180fe3dd.jpg 960w, /jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-shanghai_hu_99942ca3a364950f.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"886\" alt=\"jr in shanghai\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n\u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ejr in shanghai\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n\u003c/figure\u003e\n \u003cfigure class=\"archive-figure historical-figure\"\u003e\u003cpicture style=\"--image-width: 2600px; --image-ratio: 2600 / 1708\" data-source-width=\"2600\" data-source-height=\"1708\" data-width-cap=\"1440\" data-height-cap=\"1708\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/avif\" srcset=\"/jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-china_hu_7ba259769233ae29.avif 480w, /jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-china_hu_8e56b4dbac625ed6.avif 960w, /jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-china_hu_21a207420632e2fc.avif 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003csource type=\"image/webp\" srcset=\"/jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-china_hu_b5603c86009b1bf6.webp 480w, /jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-china_hu_2ec93a5b49267e52.webp 960w, /jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-china_hu_3ed25e3e352c3bc8.webp 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\"\u003e\n   \u003cimg src=\"/jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-china_hu_dd9eb21efc522de0.jpg\" srcset=\"/jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-china_hu_33fa746e4473543d.jpg 480w, /jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-china_hu_e80f74e8c342e23d.jpg 960w, /jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-china_hu_dd9eb21efc522de0.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) calc(100vw - 36px), min(960px, calc(100vw - 96px))\" width=\"1440\" height=\"946\" alt=\"jr in china\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\u003e\n \u003c/picture\u003e\u003cfigcaption\u003ejr in china\u003c/figcaption\u003e\n \u003c/figure\u003e\n\u003c/p\u003e\n","markdown":"\n\n\n\n*Photo Paste-Ups* | French photographer and urban artist **JR** is in Shanghai to paste-up a new series of street photographs of elderly Chinese people. As [Arrested Motion](http://arrestedmotion.com/2010/10/update-jr-the-wrinkles-of-the-city-shanghai-biennale/) wrote, the *“photos will be pasted up at locations that he feels speak to the heritage of a city that has definitely has its share of ups and downs”*.\n\nAfter his participation in the [“Abu Dhabi Art Fair”](/jr-abu-dhabi-art-fair/) in 2009 and the fantastic [“Women Are Heroes”](/women-are-heroes-time-lapse-jr/) project, “The Wrinkles of the City” is JR’s latest urban photography project and is supported by Magda Danysz Gallery.\n\n\u003e For this project, JR starts by doing portraits of elderly people who represent the memory of the city he picks for its interesting past. Conjunctly JR interviews each person as they are the witnesses of all the changes the city went through. Then these portraits, printed in monumental sizes, are pasted in the very same city in various places that inspire JR and also represent the city heritage. ([Magda Danysz Gallery](http://www.magda-gallery.com/en/wrinkles-city-jr))\n\nAnd again it’s an impressing urban art project. I love that man!\n\n![jr in shanghai](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-shanghai.jpg\u003e)\n\njr in shanghai ![jr in china](\u003chttps://www.urbanartcore.com/jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/jr-china.jpg\u003e)\n\njr in china ","tags":["Photography","Paper Art","JR","Asian Street Art"],"title":"JR in China: The Wrinkles of Shanghai","url":"https://www.urbanartcore.com/jr-china-wrinkles-shanghai/"}