JR, or Jean-René, was born in Paris in 1983 and began working as a street artist in 1996. His work can now be found in cities and suburban neighborhoods across the globe, and exhibitions and installations of his work have been held at major museums, including the Brooklyn Museum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the Louvre, Centre Pompidou, and Kunsthalle München. Larry Warsh has been active in the art world for more than thirty years as a publisher and artist-collaborator. He is the editor of many books, including The Notebooks of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Judy Chicago-isms, Warhol-isms, and Weiwei-isms (all Princeton).