Jean-Michel Sanejouand

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.

Jean-Michel Sanejouand
Born(1934-07-18)July 18, 1934[1]
Lyon, France
DiedMarch 18, 2021(2021-03-18) (aged 86)[1]
Maine-et-Loire, France[1]
NationalityFrench
Known forSculpture, painting

Biography

Born in Lyon, France, in 1934, he received a degree in law from the Institut d'études politiques de Lyon in 1955.[2] 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").[3]

From 1969 to 1974 he created a series of works under the general title of "Organisations d'espace" (English: "Space Organizations").[4][5]

He died 17 March 2021 at his home in Maine-et-Loire, France.[1]

Solo exhibitions
  • 1967 "Première organisation d'espace", Ecole Polytechnique (Paris).
  • 1968 "Deux organisations d'espace", Galerie Yvon Lambert (Paris).
  • 1973 "Les Organisations d'espace de Sanejouand", Centre National d'Art Contemporain (Paris).[6]
  • 1979 "Espaces-Peintures", The Antwerp Gallery, FIAC (Paris).
  • 1982 "Espaces-Peintures", Lens Fine Art Gallery (Antwerp, Belgium).
  • 1986 "Rétrospective: des Charges-Objets aux Espaces-Peintures", Palais des Beaux-Arts (Lyon, France).
  • 1991 "Espaces-Peintures 1978-1986", MAC (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France).[7]
  • 1991 "Les Charges-Objets 1963-1967", Galerie Froment-Putman (Paris).[8]
  • 1995 "Rétrospective 1963-1995", MNAM Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris).[9]
  • 1996 "Peintures", Galerie Barbier, FIAC (Paris).
  • 2002 "Libre et Change", Galerie Chez Valentin (Paris).
  • 2005 "Sanejouand", Le Plateau (Paris).
  • 2011 "Espaces et Cie", Galerie MAM, Drawing now, Carrousel du Louvre (Paris).
  • 2012 "Retrospectivement", Frac des Pays de la Loire (Carquefou), HAB gallery (Nantes), as part of "Jean Michel Sanejouand's year in Pays de la Loire".[10][11]
  • 2015 "Un peu d'espace(s)", Galerie Art : Concept (Paris).
  • 2018 "Beyond color", Galerie Art : Concept (Paris).
  • 2018 "Operation contact", Galerie Kreo (Paris and London).

Group exhibitions

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).[13]

Collections

Bibliography
  • Les organisations d'espaces de Jean-Michel Sanejouand (1967-1974), Frédéric Herbin and Jean-Michel Sanejouand

Footnotes
  1. "Disparition de l'artiste Jean-Michel Sanejouand - lejournaldesarts.fr". Le Journal Des Arts (in French).
  2. "Sanejouand, Jean-Michel". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00160414. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7.
  3. Duman, Bertrand (February 2017). "CHARGE-OBJECTS". l'Oeuil. No. 698.
  4. Herbin, Frédéric. Jean-Michel Sanejouand's Organisations d'espaces: 1967-1974. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
  5. Grosenick, Uta; Stange, Raimar (2005). Insight - Inside: Galerien 1945 bis heute. DuMont. ISBN 978-3-8321-7202-2.
  6. Les Organisations d'espaces de Sanejouand, by Pierre Restany, Blaise Gautier and Claude-Louis Renard, Centre National d'Art Contemporain eds, Paris, 1973.
  7. Jean-Michel Sanejouand : Espaces-Peintures 1978-1986, by Michel Enrici and Joelle Pijaudier, Musée d'Art Moderne de Villeneuve-d'Ascq/La Différence eds, Lille, 1991.
  8. Jean-Michel Sanejouand : Les Charges-Objets 1963-1967, by Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, Fondation Fine Art of The Century/La Différence eds, Paris, 1990.
  9. Jean-Michel Sanejouand, Rétrospective 1963-1995, by François Barré, Robert Fleck, Germain Viatte and Fabrice Hergott, Centre Georges Pompidou eds, Paris, 1995.
  10. "Jean-Michel Sanejouand, Retrospectively…". www.e-flux.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  11. Jean-Michel Sanejouand : Retrospectivement, by Anne Tronche and Julie Potier, Skyra eds, Paris, 2012 (ISBN 978-2081282704).
  12. "Les Champs de la Sculpture 2000", Beaux-Arts Magazine, Hors série, Paris.
  13. "Le Magicien — WikiRennes". www.wiki-rennes.fr. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  14. Pompidou, Musée national d’art moderne-Centre (28 August 2020). "Musée national d'art moderne – Centre Pompidou". Navigart.fr (in French).
  15. "Rechercher et voir les oeuvres". www.lescollectionsdesfrac.fr.
  16. Lyon, Musée d’art contemporain de (3 December 2020). "Musée d'art contemporain de Lyon". Navigart.fr (in French).
  17. "Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections : Search Collections". www.philamuseum.org.
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