"The title reflects a recurring idea within JR's practice. While a horizon suggests distance, it also depends on the perspective of the viewer. Throughout the selected works, perspective becomes both a visual device and a social question. Large-scale images shift the way a site is read, and turn familiar structures into places where people encounter one another in new ways."
"Many of JR's works featured at Perrotin's Los Angeles gallery began as portraits. The artist photographs individuals and communities before enlarging those images and placing them directly within the built environment. Walls, rooftops, and urban surfaces become stages for faces and gestures that bring human presence into view."
"Architecture and landscape serve as frameworks for the images. Buildings hold monumental portraits. Infrastructure becomes part of the composition. The city itself participates in the artwork, carrying the expressions and stories of the people who live there."
The exhibition 'Horizons' presents JR's public artworks spanning San Francisco, Los Angeles, Tehachapi, and the U.S.-Mexico border near Tecate. The title reflects how horizons depend on viewer perspective, with large-scale images shifting how sites are read and creating new spaces for human encounter. JR's practice centers on photographing individuals and communities, then enlarging these portraits and placing them directly within built environments. Walls, rooftops, and urban surfaces become stages for faces and gestures that bring human presence into view. Architecture and landscape serve as frameworks, with buildings holding monumental portraits and infrastructure becoming part of the composition. Notable projects include works near the Mexico-United States border, where the artwork engages with shared spaces and social questions.
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