I just went out on my lunch hour to see the latest exhibition by French street artist JR - (if the name rings a bell, he is often mentioned with regards to Banksy as they have the same agent.)
Totally different to Banksy - this guy shoots portraits of people with a story to tell (on 35mm 400TX) and then enlarges the resulting photos to cover whole buildings.
His site:
http://www.jr-art.net/The latest exhibition:
http://www.lazinc.com/exhibitions/charing-cross/current/It's small but worth a visit just because the film playing out in the back is mind boggling and tells you about what he does. Really though, it's the sample street art / photography pieces on the road adjacent to the gallery that is really impressive!
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