Jean-Michel Meurice
Date of birth : 1938
Country : france
French painter.
Alongside his work as a painter, Meurice also undertook a number of audiovisual projects. His recent work is based on a single, repeated motif: the imprint of a leaf, which he modifies to the point of leaving it unrecognisable. The repetition appears to widen the space of perception.
This painting was done in the 1970s and belongs to a general movement of reflection on the status of art and its components. Here, the artist has concentrated on colour: the fine lines arranged on the surface are in harmony with the hidden but glowing colour on the canvas, and the chromatic intensity appears to bring it to life.
Nation Fund for Contemporary Art, Picasso Museum of Antibes, Museum of the Sainte Croix Abbey in Poitiers, Maeght Foundation in St Paul de Vence.