When I typed "JR art" into Google images, this picture immediately caught my eye. There are so many different displays of women's eyes/facial expressions. This project by JR is called "Women Are Heroes", and celebrates the heroism of women living through hardship. JR's intentions for this project was to focus on the crucial roles that women endure in societies, and who find themselves victims of street crime, wartime, sexual assault, and religious and political injustice. This project takes place in Brazil, India, Africa, and Cambodia.
"I was interested in women because I realized in the projects I'd done before – most of the time in the kind of places I was going to – it was men on the street, but it's actually the women who are the ones holding the community together." - JR
What I really like about this artwork is how each woman shows a different expression and their eyes tell a different story. You can tell many things through a person's eyes whether it be happiness, sadness, or anger. The women in the photographs all show these various emotions, and have encountered many personal burdens.
JR's artworks always send a powerful message.
Here are more pictures from this project:
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