Wrinkles of the City
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Wrinkles of the City is a global street art project by French artist JR that features large-scale photographic portraits of elderly residents pasted onto urban architecture to explore memory, history, and the aging of cities.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
public art project
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street art project ⓘ |
| artForm |
photographic installation
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street art ⓘ |
| artisticApproach |
photographic portraiture
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site-specific installation ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
cityscapes
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public space ⓘ |
| creator | JR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| depicts | wrinkles on human faces ⓘ |
| displayedOn |
building facades
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city walls ⓘ urban architecture ⓘ |
| genre |
contemporary art
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socially engaged art ⓘ |
| goal |
connect personal histories with city history
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document the passage of time in cities ⓘ explore memory in urban space ⓘ highlight the beauty of aging faces ⓘ |
| hasPart |
individual city-specific projects
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series of photographic portraits ⓘ |
| involves | collaboration with local elderly inhabitants ⓘ |
| languageOfTitle | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
aging
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elderly residents ⓘ history of cities ⓘ urban memory ⓘ |
| movement |
post-graffiti
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urban art ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of photography with architecture
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monumental black-and-white portraits ⓘ |
| scale | large-scale ⓘ |
| scope | global ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
collective memory of a city
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resilience of older generations ⓘ the passage of time ⓘ |
| theme |
aging of cities
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history ⓘ memory ⓘ urban transformation ⓘ visibility of the elderly ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
large-scale photographic portraits
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wheat-pasted posters ⓘ |
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