# Jacques Monory > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jacques_Monory > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Jacques_Monory.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Monory > Source revision: 1343141540 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|French painter (1924–2018)}} {{External links|date=March 2021}} {{Infobox artist | name = Jacques Monory | image = JacquesMonoryPortrait.jpg | birth_date = {{birth date|1924|6|25|df=y}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2018|10|17|1924|6|25|df=y}} | birth_place = [Paris](/source/Paris), [France](/source/France) | death_place = [Paris](/source/Paris), France | education = [École nationale supérieure des arts appliqués et des métiers d'art](/source/%3Afr%3A%C3%89cole_nationale_sup%C3%A9rieure_des_arts_appliqu%C3%A9s_et_des_m%C3%A9tiers_d'art) | movement = [Narrative Figuration](/source/%3Afr%3AFiguration_narrative) | spouse = Paule Monory | field = Painter, filmmaker }} '''Jacques Monory''' (25 June 1924 – 17 October 2018) was a French painter and filmmaker whose work, highly influenced by photography and cinema, is an allegory of the contemporary world with a focus on the violence of everyday reality. His canvases evoke a heavy atmosphere, pulling subject matter from modern civilization through the lens of his signature monochrome color [blue](/source/blue). ==Exhibitions== Monory's work was exhibited from 12 January to 23 February 2018 at the [https://richardtaittinger.com/exhibition/jacques-monory/ Richard Taittinger Gallery] in New York City. The New York Times featured the show in an article titled [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/arts/design/what-to-see-in-new-york-art-galleries-this-week.html "What to See in New York Art Galleries This Week"]. Martha Schwendener wrote, "Mr. Monory’s canvases can be easily compared to the work of ’80s American postmodern painters like [David Salle](/source/David_Salle), [Jack Goldstein](/source/Jack_Goldstein), [Troy Brauntuch](/source/Troy_Brauntuch) and [Eric Fischl](/source/Eric_Fischl), but he has a soft spot for older figurative artists, too, like [Edward Hopper](/source/Edward_Hopper). “Spéciale n°54 Hommage à Hopper” (2007) features a house with a nearby road sign for the Hopper Center — although no such institution exists, except in this painting, which functions, as does most of Mr. Monory’s work, like a movie screen where fantastical drama and action are routinely played out.".[https://richardtaittinger.com/2018/01/what-to-see-in-new-york-art-galleries-this-week-january-24-2018/ NYT], additional text. ==Work== [[File:Jacques Monory Installation View.jpg|thumb|upright=1.5|Jacques Monory at [Richard Taittinger Gallery](/source/Richard_Taittinger_Gallery), New York City]] Monory was first exhibited at the Drouant-David Gallery in Paris in 1952. During the 1960s, he became one of the leading figures of the European movement of [http://www.tate.org.uk/art/art-terms/p/pop-art Pop Art], called [Narrative Figuration](/source/%3Afr%3AFiguration_narrative) by the art critic [Gérald Gassiot-Talabot](/source/%3Afr%3AG%C3%A9rald_Gassiot-Talabot). Monory would say: “What has developed in France has moved away from American Pop Art, we have expressed a critical narrative of society while the Americans have almost always, in my opinion, embraced their system. This is a fundamental difference.” In 1968, he directed the influential film [https://vimeo.com/93062578 Ex-] and painted the series [https://www.jacquesmonory.com/?portfolio=meurtres Les Meurtres (Murders)], putting in place the elements that would characterize his work: the division into sequences, the distancing by the use of the blue color, the dream, the illusion, but also a critical look at society. In 1971, [Pierre Gaudibert](/source/Pierre_Gaudibert) curated a solo exhibition, Monory Catalogue 1968- 1971 at the [http://www.mam.paris.fr/en Modern Art Museum] of Paris which heightened his visibility, making him instantly recognizable. Two trips to the United States in 1969 and 1973 were vitally important to his personal and artistic history; it constitutes, from photos, a repertory of forms, images, and notebooks of models. In 1974, he joined the legendary gallery of [https://www.fondation-maeght.com/en/fondation-maeght/about Aimé Maeght] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210093028/http://www.fondation-maeght.com/en/fondation-maeght/about |date=2017-12-10 }}, where he would exhibit, including his Operas Glacés (Frozen Operas). In 1986, he exhibited at the [http://www.labiennale.org/en/history 42nd Venice Biennale], and in 1992, he was the featured artist of the French Pavilion at the World Expo in Seville. In 2005, his work inaugurated the MACVAL in France with Detour, a large spiral installation of his paintings. In 2008, Monory was highlighted in the retrospective exhibition [Figuration Narrative](/source/%3Afr%3AFiguration_narrative), at the [http://www.grandpalais.fr/en Grand Palais] in [Paris](/source/Paris). In 2015, a solo retrospective, Jacques Monory, took place at the [http://www.fonds-culturel-leclerc.fr Helene & Edouard Leclerc Fund for Culture] in [Landerneau, France](/source/Landerneau). His work is included in the permanent collections of [https://www.centrepompidou.fr/cpv/resource/c6b9yxe/rrbArGo Pompidou Center], Paris, France; [http://www.mam.paris.fr/en The Museum of Modern Art], Paris, France; [http://www.mamco.ch Museum of Modern Art and Contemporary Art], Geneva, Switzerland; [http://www.fukuoka-art-museum.jp/english/ Museum of Modern Art], Fukoka, Japan; the [https://www.fondation-maeght.com Maeght Foundation], Saint-Paul de Vence, France; [http://www.bellasartes.cult.cu National Museum of Fine Arts] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150209185201/http://www.bellasartes.cult.cu/ |date=2015-02-09 }}, Havana Cuba; [http://leeum.samsungfoundation.org/html_eng/global/main.asp the Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art], Seoul, South Korea; [http://www.museum-ludwig.de the Ludwig Museum], Cologne, Germany; [http://mssa.cl/the-museum-2/ the Museum of Solidarity Salvador Allende], Santiago, Chile; [https://www.stedelijk.nl/en the Stedelijk Museum], Amsterdam, Holland; and the [http://en.museuberardo.pt Museum Colecção Berardo], Lisbon, Portugal.{{Cite web|url=https://richardtaittinger.com/artist/jacques-monory/|title = Jacques Monory | Richard Taittinger Gallery}} ==References== {{Reflist}} * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110718144656/http://www.mnha.public.lu/collections/beaux-arts/art_moderne_contemporain/monory/index.html Jacques Monory (1934)]. [Luxembourg](/source/Luxembourg) [National Museum of History and Art](/source/National_Museum_of_History_and_Art). Accessed 2011-01-05. * [https://web.archive.org/web/20100618064604/http://www.centrepompidou.fr/education/ressources/ENS-figuration-narrative/ENS-figuration-narrative2.html La Figuration narrative]. [Centre Pompidou](/source/Centre_Pompidou). Accessed 2011-01-05. * [http://www.pallade.net galerie anne-marie et roland pallade] {{in lang|fr}} [http://www.galerie-art-contemporain-pallade.fr/actualites-de-la-galerie-pallade/expos/galerie-anne-marie-et-roland-pallade-art-contemporain-lyon-la-figuration-narrative-erro-klasen-monory-rancillac-et-telemaque-du-29-avril-au-31-mai-2008.html Expo] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120317185537/http://www.galerie-art-contemporain-pallade.fr/actualites-de-la-galerie-pallade/expos/galerie-anne-marie-et-roland-pallade-art-contemporain-lyon-la-figuration-narrative-erro-klasen-monory-rancillac-et-telemaque-du-29-avril-au-31-mai-2008.html |date=2012-03-17 }} * [Cachan](/source/Cachan). Accessed 2018-02-06 * [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/24/arts/design/what-to-see-in-new-york-art-galleries-this-week.html "What to See in Galleries This Week" (2018-01-24)]. [New York Times](/source/New_York_Times). Accessed 2018-01-24. * [https://richardtaittinger.com/artist/jacques-monory/ Richard Taittinger Gallery]. Accessed 2018-02-08. {{Authority control (arts)}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Monory, Jacques}} Category:1924 births Category:2018 deaths Category:20th-century French painters Category:20th-century French male artists Category:French male painters Category:21st-century French painters Category:21st-century French male artists Category:Pop artists Category:Painters from Paris --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Jacques Monory](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Monory) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Monory?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.