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Established in 2010 and consolidated in its present form in 2013, Underdogs works with a diversified roster of Portuguese and international artists connected with the urban inspired contemporary art universe, fostering the development of close relationships between creators, the public, and the city with the aim of promoting art as an everyday experience.
JR began by creating art on the streets of Paris, later crossing borders and working all around the world – on the map displayed in the gallery, one can gain a global perspective of his journey and impact through each geographic point he crossed. From the optical illusion at the Louvre Museum in Paris to the intervention at the high-security Tehachapi prison in California, JR splits his time between creating monumental works and projects with local communities, in refugee camps, conflict zones, and other locations where the artist chooses to use art as a tool for sociopolitical transformation.
INSIDE OUT PROJECT
Photo booth van to become part of a larger public mural
28 March 2025, 3pm - 9pm
Edition of /250 Nine-colour lithograph on paper printed on a Marinoni press Signed and numbered by the artist BFK Rives White 250 g/m2 paper 70 × 50 cm 2023 _
“The first trace left by humans 17,000 years ago, the first graffiti we can even call it, were handprints. I made my hand into a big sculpture we installed at the opening of the Chauvet cave in the hills. Following the oldest ..." Listen more
28 Millimètres, Women Are Heroes, Action in Kibera Slum, general view Nairobi, Kenya
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Edition of /180 Twelve-colour lithograph on paper printed on a Marinoni press Signed and numbered by the artist BFK Rives White 270 g/m2 paper 70 × 100 cm 2009 _ "This was a place where people kept asking us, 'Why are you doing this?’ and each 9me I tried to explain the impact of art. But it was unclear to them why I was using paper, and I would say, 'Because paper is a ..." Listen more
Edition of /180 Lithograph on paper printed on a Marinoni press Signed and numbered by the artist BFK Rives White 270 g/m2 paper 55 × 70 cm 2023 _
"This one was in Hong Kong, and it was a technique I had been dreaming of using for a long 9me: bamboo scaffolding [...]. There was someone very famous in the art of Feng Shui who said that it actually was not Feng ..." Listen more
Ballet, Regard surplombant la façade du Palais Garnier, Opéra de Paris, France
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Edition of /180 Twelve-colour lithograph on paper printed on a Marinoni press Signed and numbered by the artist BFK Rives White 270 g/m2 paper 70 × 100 cm 2014 _
"We managed to convince all the dancers to climb to the roof of the Palais Garnier. We asked them to stay on the edge and stand in a formation that created two eyes. At the end of the show, they bent in different ways, ..." Listen more
Edition of /500 Four-colour lithograph on paper printed on a Marinoni press Signed and numbered by the artist BFK Rives White 270 g/m2 paper 72.5 × 103 cm 2011 _
"This is really one of the first times I pasted with eyes. I remember pasting the paper strips that made the face of this incredibly powerful woman and the little kid passing by. [...] This was when I began to enjoy ...” Listen more
Edition of /180 Eighteen-colour lithograph on paper printed on a Marinoni press Signed and numbered by the artist BFK Rives White 270 g/m2 paper 70 × 100 cm 2019 _
“I remember we had different shifts in the morning and afternoon. People came from around the world to join us, and it was so big that people didn't even realize what they were pasting. At the end of the day, ...” Listen more
28 Millimètres, Women Are Heroes, Action dans la Favela Morro da Providência, Escalier, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil
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Edition of /180 Eighteen-colour lithograph on paper printed on a Marinoni press Signed and numbered by the artist BFK Rives White 300 g/m2 paper 71 × 103 cm 2008 _
"We really struggled doing this pasting. It was one of the women from the community, but while working on the stairs that led to the top of the favela, there were many shootings, so we had to stop a few times...” Listen more
