Milan Design Week 2024 - JR Installation

In the run up to next week’s Salone del Mobile, French visual artist JR has unveiled a new site specific installation at Milan’s Stazione Centrale, entitled La Nascita (The Birth). JR is known for creating colossal graphic interventions that have appeared across the world, from Paris’ Palais Garnier to the doorsteps of the Pyramids of Giza.

His latest installation features an illusionary trompe l’oeil effect, as a monochromatic depiction of a mountainous terrain forks through the entrance to the train station. “In spaces that have social issues, my work is about bringing people together,” JR told The Art Newspaper. “In a place like this, a huge range of people come to catch the train. When they find themselves in front of an exhibition, they will suddenly have a different kind of interaction.”

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Inspiration from Maddalena Gioglio.