Déplacé∙e∙s by JR

Gallerie d’Italia opens to the public in the Intesa Sanpaolo museum in Turin with the first solo exhibition in Italy by JR, a French artist famous throughout the world for his projects that combine photography, public art and social commitment, scheduled from February 9th to July 16th 2023.

Combining diverse expressive languages, JR (1983) brings his personal touch by describing reality and invoking thoughts on social fragility. The exhibition occupies around 4,000 square metres of the museum in Piazza San Carlo, staged in collaboration with the Compagnia di San Paolo and curated by Arturo Galansino.

The problem of migrants and refugees, an increasingly hot topic, has long been part of JR’s investigation. With the Déplacé∙e∙s project, launched in 2022 and presented for the first time with this exhibition, the artist has travelled to crisis zones ranging from war-torn Ukraine to the refugee camps of Mugombwa, Rwanda, Mbera, in Mauritania, Cucuta in Colombia, and Lesvos, in Greece to reflect on the harsh conditions in which thousands of people find themselves today due to conflicts, wars, famine and climate change, and to engage audiences excluded from the artistic and cultural world in the name of values such as freedom, imagination, creativity and participation.