Jean-Michel Sanejouand Explained
| Jean-Michel Sanejouand |
| Birth Date: | 18 July 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Lyon, France |
| Death Place: | Maine-et-Loire, France |
| Nationality: | French |
| Field: | Sculpture, painting |
Jean-Michel Sanejouand (18 July 1934 – 18 March 2021) was a French artist. His work ranged from environments to monumental sculptures, from readymade-like objects, to paintings of oneiric landscapes in which (usually) one of his sculptures stands.
Biography
Born in Lyon, France, in 1934, he received a degree in law from the Institut d'études politiques de Lyon in 1955.[1] He lived and worked in Paris between 1959 and 1993.
His work can be encapsulated in a series of distinct periods, which the artist titled.
From 1962 to 1963, he worked on a series of sculptural paintings that he called "Charge-Objets" (English: "Charge-Objects").[2]
From 1969 to 1974 he created a series of works under the general title of "Organisations d'espace" (English: "Space Organizations").[3] [4]
He died on 18 March 2021 at his home in Maine-et-Loire, France.[5]
Monumental sculptures
- 1996 "Le Silence" (The Silence), a bronze sculpture whose largest version is two meters high. Until 2019, It was installed in a private park of sculptures near Biarritz (France).
- 2005 Le Magicien (The Magician), a five-meters high bronze, installed in the gardens of Palais Saint-Georges, close to the railway station of Rennes (France).[6]
Collections
Bibliography
- Les organisations d'espaces de Jean-Michel Sanejouand (1967-1974), Frédéric Herbin and Jean-Michel Sanejouand
Footnotes
- Web site: Sanejouand, Jean-Michel . Benezit Dictionary of Artists . 2011. en . 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00160414. 978-0-19-977378-7 .
- News: Duman . Bertrand . l'Oeuil . CHARGE-OBJECTS. 698 . February 2017.
- Book: Herbin . Frédéric . Jean-Michel Sanejouand's Organisations d'espaces: 1967-1974 . academia.edu . en.
- Book: Grosenick . Uta . Stange . Raimar . Insight - Inside: Galerien 1945 bis heute . 2005 . DuMont . 978-3-8321-7202-2 . en.
- Web site: Disparition de l'artiste Jean-Michel Sanejouand - lejournaldesarts.fr . Le Journal Des Arts . fr.
- Web site: Le Magicien — WikiRennes. www.wiki-rennes.fr. 19 January 2019.
- Web site: Pompidou . Musée national d’art moderne-Centre . Musée national d'art moderne – Centre Pompidou . Navigart.fr . fr . 28 August 2020.
- Web site: Rechercher et voir les oeuvres . www.lescollectionsdesfrac.fr.
- Web site: Lyon . Musée d’art contemporain de . Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon . Navigart.fr . fr . 3 December 2020.
- Web site: Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections : Search Collections . www.philamuseum.org.
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