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Slums as artistic canvasses
A Paris-based street artist who uses the world’s slums as his canvas has been awarded a prize from the TED group.
The 2011 TED Prize, an award given by a progressive California nonprofit organisation for the sake of world betterment, has been given to JR, a guerilla artist who installs his works in slums and refugee camps [JR/Agence VU]
Published On 11 Jul 2011
11 Jul 2011
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Among the many places in the world where he has worked, JR has left his mark on the Kibera slums of Nairobi, the Kenyan capital [JR/Agence VU]
Here his work can be seen in the favelas, or shanty towns, of Brazil(***)s Rio de Janeiro [JR/Agence VU]
Recipients of the TED prize are awarded $100,000 and "one wish to change the world" [JR/Agence VU]
Organisers say JR will use the prize to develop an ambitious new work that will involve the whole world [JR/Agence VU]