JR's work reminded me of Banksy's art. Both had similar ideas involving incorporating their work in public spaces for anyone to see. The reading mentions, "...the notion of “change” and how it operates in projects that engage art as social action is of particular importance in gauging this kind of work". Both artists designed their work to get the community talking- they want community engagement. The reading described JR's work as “participatory art” and “pervasive art”, which I would say is similar to Banksy's work. In the images below, you can see Banksy's provocative artworks, many inspired by other images, stories, or people. Banksy uses spraypaints and stencils to create his work. While his work does not display photographic portraits of people's faces like JR, they both like to draw attention to political issues and putting faces to those problems at hand. For example, in the first image in the slideshow below you will see a young boy holding an automatic weapon surrounded by child-like drawings- this piece is called Crayola Boy. This boy is supposedly a Vietnamese soldier who must sacrifice his childhood in order to fight in the Vietnam war. Banksy is trying to call attention to the contrast between innocence and violence, between what the boy is doing and what other children his age should be able to experience- being a kid. He has many other works that call attention to other serious problems as well- some more metaphoric and interpretive than others. Unlike JR, Banksy's identity is still unknown, many still wonder to why this is- perhaps for his own protection, or maybe something more? If you do not already know about Banksy, I highly recommend you dive into the story behind this artist and his works. This is a captivating story about him secretly destroying his work during an art auction, which I will share the link below.