Monday, 12 February 2018

JR Giants

I first saw these legs a couple of weeks ago and assumed they were part of London Lumiere. How wrong could I be! They are the legs of a high jumper (Mohamed Younes Idriss from Sudan) as photographed by a French street artist known as JR. The image has been displayed on laser cut cardboard outside a new gallery space on Sackville Street Mayfair.

The gallery, Lazinc, is displaying 'studio plans, drawings and prototypes used to realise JR's Giant series displayed during the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.' taken from the Gallery's press release.

















This is how it looked displayed over a building in Rio.

The other design on display was of the French swimmer Leonie Periault.


















I would love to have seen these 'Giants' in situ but at least I am grateful that I saw this exhibition and will look out for JR's work in the future.

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29 comments:

  1. biebkriebels12 February 2018 at 10:33

    Amazing how these art is done, I like that!

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  2. Janey and Co.12 February 2018 at 13:22

    These are amazing!

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  3. Wendy12 February 2018 at 14:13

    I see you couldn't resist finding out more about those legs! Interesting.

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  4. DJan12 February 2018 at 14:43

    Wow! Love these giants. :-)

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  5. William Kendall12 February 2018 at 16:57

    They're vividly lifelike!

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  6. Anonymous12 February 2018 at 19:32

    Seeing the legs in the street must have been mind blowing for many. Great art.

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  7. Hootin Anni12 February 2018 at 20:19

    Incredible! I'm glad that you were so curious that you researched for us all. Everyone else is in agreement...amazing.

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  8. colleen12 February 2018 at 20:21

    I love it but don't understand it even though you explained it!

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  9. carol l mckenna12 February 2018 at 21:28

    What a wonderful exhibition and great photos ~ what designs!

    Happy Week to you,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  10. Cynthia12 February 2018 at 22:34

    Giants indeed. I would love to see the real thing, too.

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  11. diane b12 February 2018 at 23:07

    Weird but amazing art.

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  12. Jill Harrison12 February 2018 at 23:47

    my goodness, these are amazing. Thank you for sharing. Have a fabulous week. I am visiting you today from Our World Tuesday.

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  13. Al12 February 2018 at 23:58

    Wow, those are impressive.

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  14. mick13 February 2018 at 01:20

    Fantastic photos - just wish I could take better photos of moving objects. Great to have an exhibition of such things close to you,

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  15. Sallie (FullTime-Life)13 February 2018 at 02:55

    Oh it is good to know the rest of the story -- I remember the legs from the last photo in your (wonderful) Lumiere posts and was curious. This artist really captures the grace and strength and beauty of these athletes. And my gosh -- incredible scale.

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  16. Lady Fi13 February 2018 at 05:36

    Wow - amazing and beautiful!

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  17. Phil Slade13 February 2018 at 07:49

    There are some seriously inventive and original artists around nowadays don't you think? The leg sculpture especially is just brilliant.

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  18. Gattina13 February 2018 at 10:10

    That looks almost scary ! Something worthwhile to see !

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  19. Billy Blue Eyes13 February 2018 at 10:17

    Can't say it is something I will be rushing to visit impressive as it is

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  20. Carol @Comfort Spring Station13 February 2018 at 12:03

    I think I like the legs the best - looks like a sci fi movie

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  21. Klara13 February 2018 at 14:15

    very interesting exhibition.

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  22. Photo Cache13 February 2018 at 15:45

    I love all these whimsical features.

    Worth a Thousand Words

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  23. Tom13 February 2018 at 17:22

    ...wonderful, artists help make our world more beautiful.

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  24. Mike@Bit About Britain13 February 2018 at 18:26

    Astonishing! - how do people think of these things?

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  25. Jeanna14 February 2018 at 04:21

    He's like a high jumping super hero.

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  26. Anonymous15 February 2018 at 03:23

    Hard to overlook when the images are so huge! Artwise, I haven't made up my mind yet if I like it ...because it's so overpowering ...
    Thank you for sharing and coming by my blog:)

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  27. Polly15 February 2018 at 23:25

    WOW they are amazing.

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  28. NatureFootstep17 February 2018 at 15:56

    I´d say that is some interesting work of art :) Love it!

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  29. Stewart M19 February 2018 at 10:39

    What great things! I love this kind of public art.

    Cheers - Stewart M - Melbourne

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