Live Arts with Savona - JR Interview Pt. 1

Published: March 22, 2018, 7:30 p.m.

On LIVE Arts with Savona we hear the artist JR and gallerist Jeffrey Deitch talk about his career and installation SO CLOSE.

On the exterior of Pier 94 at the Armory Show, the artist and 2018 Academy Award nominee, JR, debuted a monumental work, transforming archival Ellis Island photographs into a large-scale installation.

Presented in partnership with Artsy and Jeffrey Deitch, SO CLOSE (2018) was the marquee feature of the fair’s Platform section, curated by Jen Mergel, who selected fifteen site-responsive works sited around Pier 92 & 94 under the theme, The Contingent.

Part One of this talk with the artist.