In his ongoing Giants series, JR takes over buildings and monuments across the globe, adorning them with massive black and white portraits.
This artistic endeavor began in Rio de Janeiro during the 2016 Olympics, celebrating world-class athletes who narrowly missed achieving their goals. Among them is Mohamed, a Sudanese high-jumper whose image graces the rooftop of an abandoned apartment building overlooking the ocean.
A groundbreaking sculpture captures this pivotal moment on a domestic scale. The figure is reproduced on acrylic and is attached to a scaffold constructed from welded steel rods.
It can be displayed in isolation of placed on top of a custom-made pedestal, which also serves as display case.
“ All my works are ephemeral. If you go back to Rio it’s not there, but it’s there in people’s minds. For the people who haven’t seen it, here is the proof that it at some point existed. „