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What adhesive-based technique did street artist JR use to install his giant photographic portraits on walls around the world?

Answer

Wheat-pasting

JR's global portrait project relied on wheat paste, a flour-and-water adhesive, to affix large printed photographs directly onto building surfaces without permission.

💡 Did you know?

JR, the French street artist, won the TED Prize by wheat-pasting massive portraits of ordinary people across 120+ countries without asking permission.

Other options people guess

  • Spray-paint stenciling
  • Mosaic tiling
  • Chalk drawing

Topics

  • street-art
  • jr
  • technique
  • global-art

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