Comments on: Architecture + Photography

By: Cyndy Jurney

Cyndy Jurney — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 03:22:35 +0000

Very intriguing. Is not the fundamental idea of art to bring into focus what would otherwise be overlooked? How many times do we avert our eyes from conditions that,, if not by the statistical gods of the universe we would not be placed in at birth or end up in by some twist of fate?

By: schnooker

schnooker — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:50:03 +0000

This work is so cool it makes me want to go paint a bunch of eyeballs on the side of my house.

By: Cory

Cory — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 20:48:13 +0000

I find the work to be spectacular and that’s all it needs to be in order to make the built environment a better place, imho.

By: sandy

sandy — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 03:43:13 +0000

incredible. thanks for posting this.
i’ve never heard of this artist, but i would have to say JR’s art definitely enhances its context. there’s something unexpected and delightful about the chosen canvas and subject matter of his work. very ordinary/unassuming surfaces draped with an exaggerated scale of eyes and faces…it simultaneously makes you feel small and enormous.

it reminds me (in a less controlled manner) the pieces in chicago’s millennium park: the lcd fountains and the bean. both are hot spots in the park. people can’t get enough of them. there’s something undeniably engaging about the human face, particularly the eyes. whether they’re your own or someone else’s.

By: CJC

CJC — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:28:50 +0000

I’m diggin it – thanks for showing.

By: Beth R

Beth R — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:26:12 +0000

Any idea if the work is left in place, or is it all taken down after the “show”?

By: Keiser

Keiser — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:21:53 +0000

I think the proof is in the pudding on this one. In the video – the community residences are active and involved, everyone seems charged and delighted with the installation. For me, that is the success of this work.

By: Sam

Sam — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:03:23 +0000

I’ve actually been to the Kibera slums in Kenya and they are incredibly dangerous -even the police won’t go in there. Just getting work of this scale installed at all says a great deal about JR’s relationship with the people in these communities.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:45:53 +0000

What is the deal with “anonymous artists” all the sudden? It seems like a marketing gimmick to automatically make them seem edgy and raise their stock – independent from the work their actually doing (or not doing).

By: KJ

KJ — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 22:42:43 +0000

I’m always grateful for the new material you guys bring to the table, so don’t get me wrong. I just don’t consider plastering photos of eyeballs on the sides of buildings as art. It seems like a publicity stunt.