“I EXPECTED the chemical reaction to create a crackle effect, but I didn’t realize how nice it would be. It’s a beautiful thing; it looks like serpent skin.”
— Artist Martin Pelenur
Artist Martin Pelenur is on Wondereur because influential curators such as Marc Azoulay believe he is important and on the rise.
An original Painting by La Barra-based artist Martin Pelenur exclusively curated for Wondereur by jr's studio director Marc Azoulay.
Artist Martin Pelenur curated by JR's studio director Marc Azoulay
“Martin sees the world in a specific way, he asks questions and tries to provide answers. His work is not only aesthetically interesting and beautiful, it has a reason for it.”
Before becoming the right-hand man of one of France's most influential contemporary artists, Marc Azoulay worked as an investment banker. But it was his love for art and the change it can do for people that made him leave his day job. Marc is currently the studio director for JR where they've created a community of artists that Marc is greatly involved with. The self-taught curator put together his first show this passed May at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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MEET with artist Martin Pelenur curated by JR's studio director Marc Azoulay.
A recipient of the Reportage by Getty Images Emerging Talent mentorship, Ian Willms is a documentary photographer who’s travelled to Haiti to the borders of France and Germany. He is a regular contributor to TIME Magazine, the New York Times, Harper’s Magazine, Maclean’s, and the Globe and Mail. Ian is one of the founding members of the Boreal Collective.
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