Installation view of JR: Through My Window at Underdogs Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal.
As Underdogs Gallery seems to suggest, that message is often: Lets dream together.
In this particular exhibition, dreaming together manifests itself in several different ways.
Installation view of “JR: Through My Window” at Underdogs Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo: Bruno Lopes)
Both projects honor their subjects, and view built environments as living canvases.
Retour a la Caverneis an equally playful interpretation of city architecture.
While undergoing renovation, the Opera National de Paris invited JR to repurpose the scaffolding surrounding the Palais Garnier.
JR walking through his exhibition “JR: Through My Window” at Underdogs Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo: Chris Costa)
This isnt to say that JR doesnt also consider political upheaval.
Boundaries are not necessarily where we think they are, JR once remarked.
JR: Through My Windowis currently on view at Underdogs Gallery through April 19, 2025.
JR, “28 Millimeters, Women Are Heroes,” action in Phnom Penh, Peng Panh, Cambodia, 2009.
JR walking through his exhibition JR: Through My Window at Underdogs Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal.
Installation view of JR: Through My Window at Underdogs Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal.
Detail of the Retour a la Caverne Acte I lithograph.
Installation view of “JR: Through My Window” at Underdogs Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo: Chris Costa)
JR, Eye, Estadio de Pacaembu, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2020.
JR, Giants, Rising Up, Hong Kong, 2023.
JR, Trompe l’oeil, Greetings from Giza, 2021.
Detail of the “Retour à la Caverne — Acte I” lithograph.
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Installation view of “JR: Through My Window” at Underdogs Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo: Bruno Lopes)
JR, “Eye,” Estádio de Pacaembu, São Paulo, Brazil, 2020.
JR walking through his exhibition “JR: Through My Window” at Underdogs Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo: Chris Costa)
JR, “Giants, Rising Up,” Hong Kong, 2023.
Installation view of “JR: Through My Window” at Underdogs Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo: Chris Costa)
JR, “Trompe l’oeil, Greetings from Giza,” 2021.
Installation view of “JR: Through My Window” at Underdogs Gallery in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo: Bruno Lopes)
