{"product_id":"9788862083959","title":"Jr \u0026 Art Spiegelman: The Ghosts of Ellis Island","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn August 2014 the French artist JR received an unprecedented invitation to work in the Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital, a building on the south side of the island that has been abandoned and closed to visitors since 1954. About ten percent of the millions of migrants who passed through Ellis Island, having been deemed not healthy enough to enter the United States, spent some time in the hospital. For \u003ci\u003eUnframed—Ellis Island\u003c\/i\u003e, documented in \u003ci\u003eThe Ghosts of Ellis Island\u003c\/i\u003e, JR chose about 20 archival photographs of the hospital's patients and staff and wheat-pasted these images around the abandoned building, creating haunting scenes that bring the history of these rooms back to life: a family looking out at the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor, a small boy lying on an empty bed frame, patients staring out of the caged \"psychopathic\" ward. The work, which is accessible by guided tour, will remain up \"until it decides to disappear.\" Along with images of JR's photographic interventions in the hospital, this publication includes new illustrations by legendary cartoonist Art Spiegelman, who collaborated with JR on illustrated narratives about Ellis Island's immigrants.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJR\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1983) is best known for his monumental, wheat-pasted street portraiture projects. His ongoing project \u003ci\u003eUnframed\u003c\/i\u003e involves installing archival images and images from anonymous photographers in new contexts. JR has carried out \u003ci\u003eUnframed\u003c\/i\u003e projects in Marseille, São Paulo, Vevey, Atlanta, Baden Baden and Washington, DC. In 2014 he worked inside the theater of the NYC Ballet creating a 6,500-square-foot composite image of NYCB dancers depicted nearly life-size that, when seen from above, forms a giant eye. JR won the TED Prize for 2011.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eArt Spiegelman\u003c\/b\u003e (born 1948) is an American cartoonist, editor and comics advocate based in New York City, best known for his graphic novel \u003ci\u003eMaus\u003c\/i\u003e (1991). His work as coeditor on the comics magazines \u003ci\u003eArcade\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRaw\u003c\/i\u003e has been influential, and he spent a decade as contributing artist for \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e where he made several high-profile and sometimes controversial covers.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Damiani Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022554841328,"sku":"9788862083959","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9788862083959_p0.jpg?v=1763774692","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9788862083959","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}