Migrants, Walking... Skateboard Decks by JR

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Migrants, Walking... Skateboard Decks by JR

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fabricated by The Skateroom Based on MIGRANTS, WALKING NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK, USA, 2015 set of five skateboard decks 7-ply Canadian Maplewood with screen-print Measures: 31 H. x 8 inches, each Approximate 40 H. x 31 inches installed mounting hardware included edition of 250 top print includes printed signature of the artist studio-stamped COA by the artist This skateboard deck composition comes ready to hang with mounting hardware and instructions and is part of a limited edition of 250. The top print features a printed signature and a studio-stamped Certificate of Authenticity is also included. The installation at Ellis Island featured large archival photographs of immigrants displayed throughout the island’s abandoned hospital. For this project, JR decided to photograph recent immigrants and paste their images on the city’s streets, where they and other immigrants are often invisible. The pasting would be made in the heart of Manhattan, on Flatiron plaza, the triangle of pavement between Fifth Avenue, Broadway and East 23rd Street. JR photographed 16 people who arrived in New York within the last year and made their portraits while they walked down the streets of Nolita, a downtown neighborhood in Manhattan. JR and his team zeroed in on Elmar Aliyev, a 20-year-old waiter at Old Baku, an Azerbaijani restaurant on Ditmas Avenue in Brooklyn. Elmar immigrated to the United States from Azerbaijan last August after he won the green-card lottery. He likes to walk in Central Park and around the Plaza, locations from his favorite movie, “Home Alone 2.” JR liked the way Aliyev swung his arms when he walked. Aliyev’s picture was then printed on 62 strips of paper. JR and his 20-person crew took these strips to Flatiron Plaza and began affixing them to the ground at 4 a.m. The pasting took about three and a half hours and resulted in a 150-foot-tall image of Aliyev striding eastward. The sun came up. Pedestrians began to wander over Aliyev. Just as JR had predicted, they often walked right over him without even noticing. Our partners at The Skateroom, who collaborated with the artist to make this edition, donate a significant part of their profit to support social initiatives that make the world a better place.

Creator:
Prune Nourry and JR (Artist)
Dimensions:
Height: 40 in (101.6 cm)Width: 31 in (78.74 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
Sold As:
Set of 5
Materials and Techniques:
Maple
Place of Origin:
Belgium
Period:
2010-
Date of Manufacture:
Contemporary
Production Type:
New & Custom(Limited Edition)
Estimated Production Time:
Available Now
Condition:
Seller Location:
Jersey City, NJ
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU892223530122