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"Lance-pierre", 2006 (painted stones)Jean-Michel Sanejouand was born inLyon ,France , on July, 18th, in1934 .His work has many facets, ranging from environments to monumental scupltures, from
ready-made like objects to paintings of oniric landscapes in which (usually) one of his sculptures stand.Biography
Jean-Michel Sanejouand has lived and worked in
Paris between 1959 and 1993.He is now living in Vaulandry, in theAnjou countryside.One Man Shows
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). [Les Organisations d'espaces de Sanejouand, Centre National d'Art Contemporain eds, by
Pierre Restany , Blaise Gautier and Claude-Louis Renard, 1973.]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).
1991 "Espaces-Peintures 1978-1986", MAC,
Villeneuve d'Ascq (France). [Jean-Michel Sanejouand : Espaces-Peintures 1978-1986, Musée d'Art Moderne,Villeneuve-d'Ascq/La Différence eds, by Michel Enrici andJoelle Pijaudier, 1991.]1991 "Les Charges-Objets 1963-1967", Galerie Froment-Putman (Paris). [Jean-Michel Sanejouand : Les Charges-Objets 1963-1967, Fondation Fine Art of The Century/La Différence eds, by Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, 1990.]
1995 "Rétrospective 1963-1995", MNAM
Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris). [Jean-Michel Sanejouand, Rétrospective 1963-1995,by François Barré, Robert Fleck, Germain Viatte and Fabrice Hergott,Centre Georges Pompidou eds, Paris.]1996 "Peintures", Galerie Barbier, FIAC (Paris).
2002 "Libre et Change", Galerie Chez Valentin (Paris).
2005 "Sanejouand", Le Plateau (Paris).
Monumental Sculptures
1996 "Le Silence" (The Silence), a two-meter high bronze,now installed in a private park of sculptures near
Biarritz (France).2005 "Le Magicien" (The Magician), a five-meter high bronzenow installed in front of the railway station of
Rennes (France).Bibliography
External links
* [http://www.sanejouand.com] Jean-Michel Sanejouand Official Website.
* [http://www.rennes.fr/index.php?id=504&id=504] The Magician.
* [http://www.photo.rmn.fr] To see pictures of Sanejouand's paintings and drawings owned by french public museums.Persondata
NAME=Sanejouand, Jean-Michel
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Contemporary artist
DATE OF BIRTH=July 18 ,1934
PLACE OF BIRTH=Lyon ,France
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