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. 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"). From 1969 to 1974 he created a series of works under the general title of "Organisations d'espace" (English: "Space Organizations"). In 1968, he started to paint on canvas. First, in black and white -a series called "Calligraphies d'humeur" (1968-1978). In 1978, he started to perform "Organisations d'espace" of imaginary landscapes, which he painted with a colorfull, naive style -a series called "Espaces-Peintures" (1978-1986). These paintings became more and more abstract, until he switched to black and white -a series called "Peintures Noir et Blanc" (1986-1992). In 1989, he started to make projects of monumental structures, each project being done by assembling together a few stones painted in black. In 1996, he started to paint his sculptures -a series called "Sculptures-Peintures" (1996-2001). In 2002, he started to perform "Organisations d'espace" of imaginary landscapes including one of his sculptures, which he painted with a colorfull, highly dynamic style -a series called "Espaces-Critiques" (2002-2008). He died on 18 March 2021 at his home in Maine-et-Loire, France.

Monumental sculptures

Collections

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