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Ouranos

[ oo-rey-nuhs ]

noun

, Classical Mythology.


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For the Parrish director, Mónica Ramírez-Montagut, who invited JR to adapt multiple figures from “Les Enfants d’Ouranos” into the composition for the museum’s facade, their ambiguity is their strength.

Titled “Les Enfants d’Ouranos,” the piece is the work of the Paris-based artist JR, known for his site-specific photo-based installations in public spaces globally that show the humanity of individuals and communities that are often overlooked.

In Greek mythology, Ouranos was the primordial god of the sky and father of the Titans.

For the series “Déplacé-e-s,” the project from which “Les Enfants d’Ouranos” evolved, JR printed photographs of individual child refugees, beaming and animated, onto fabric panels stretching 120 feet long.

The “Les Enfants d’Ouranos” series is the first time JR has experimented with reproducing his photographs directly as negatives.

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