Jean-Michel Alberola
1953
Living in : Paris
Working in : Paris
Artist's gallery
Born in 1953 in Saïda (Algeria), lives and works in Paris. "Painting is metaphysical in the sense that it is a story of the body. When I paint, it is my body that is affected", says Jean-Michel Alberola. Whether the subjects are Actaeon, Susanna and the elderly, the crucifixion or autobiographical figures, the body is central to his work, it is in pieces (eye, hand, foot) or reduced to a ghostly silhouette, a shadow. He makes "painting in tatters". His sources of inspiration are biblical and mythological. He draws from it iconographic motifs that he inserts into his works in the form of isolated fragments. We can see his paintings as puzzles to be reconstructed, rebuses to be elucidated. His mythological knowledge allows him to develop a personal mythology in which to define himself. For example, he sometimes signs his works under the pseudonym of «Actéon», a mythological figure with which he feels close. There does not seem to be a break between creation and life. His work is both biographical and situational. We can read references to Tintoretto, Veronese, Velázquez or Monet. During the exhibition «Punctuation» in 2012, his work focused on works by Watteau and Giotto.
Living in : Paris
Working in : Paris
Artist's gallery
Born in 1953 in Saïda (Algeria), lives and works in Paris. "Painting is metaphysical in the sense that it is a story of the body. When I paint, it is my body that is affected", says Jean-Michel Alberola. Whether the subjects are Actaeon, Susanna and the elderly, the crucifixion or autobiographical figures, the body is central to his work, it is in pieces (eye, hand, foot) or reduced to a ghostly silhouette, a shadow. He makes "painting in tatters". His sources of inspiration are biblical and mythological. He draws from it iconographic motifs that he inserts into his works in the form of isolated fragments. We can see his paintings as puzzles to be reconstructed, rebuses to be elucidated. His mythological knowledge allows him to develop a personal mythology in which to define himself. For example, he sometimes signs his works under the pseudonym of «Actéon», a mythological figure with which he feels close. There does not seem to be a break between creation and life. His work is both biographical and situational. We can read references to Tintoretto, Veronese, Velázquez or Monet. During the exhibition «Punctuation» in 2012, his work focused on works by Watteau and Giotto.
Artist's articles
Artist's exhibitions
Ce que la Palestine apporte au monde
31/05/2023 - 31/12/2023
(Paris) Institut du monde arabe
31/05/2023 - 31/12/2023
(Paris) Institut du monde arabe
Même pas peur ! Collection de la baronne Henri de Rothschild. Vanités d’hier et d’aujourd’hui
29/06/2018 - 30/09/2018
(Toulouse) Fondation Bemberg
29/06/2018 - 30/09/2018
(Toulouse) Fondation Bemberg
JEAN-MICHEL ALBEROLA, l’aventure des détails.
19/02/2016 - 16/05/2016
(Paris) Palais de Tokyo
19/02/2016 - 16/05/2016
(Paris) Palais de Tokyo
Chagall, Soulages, Benzaken… Le Vitrail contemporain
20/05/2015 - 21/09/2015
(Paris) Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine
20/05/2015 - 21/09/2015
(Paris) Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine
Fondation Maeght. De Giacometti à Tàpies, 50 ans de collection
22/06/2014 - 02/11/2014
(Bignan) Domaine de Kerguéhennec
22/06/2014 - 02/11/2014
(Bignan) Domaine de Kerguéhennec
L'Art au défi de l'espérance
17/01/2013 - 02/02/2013
(Paris) Mairie du 6e arrondissement
17/01/2013 - 02/02/2013
(Paris) Mairie du 6e arrondissement
Neon who’s afraid of red yellow and blue?
17/02/2012 - 20/05/2012
(Paris) La Maison Rouge - Fondation Antoine de Galbert
17/02/2012 - 20/05/2012
(Paris) La Maison Rouge - Fondation Antoine de Galbert
Hope !
12/06/2010 - 12/09/2010
(Dinard) Palais des arts et du festival
12/06/2010 - 12/09/2010
(Dinard) Palais des arts et du festival
Dessins contemporains, collection Florence et Daniel Guerlain.
05/06/2010 - 20/09/2010
(Besançon) Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie
05/06/2010 - 20/09/2010
(Besançon) Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie
nous, vous, ils ou elles
09/10/2009 - 29/01/2010
(Amiens cedex 1) Frac Picardie
09/10/2009 - 29/01/2010
(Amiens cedex 1) Frac Picardie
Jean-Michel Alberola : L'œuvre imprimé
19/05/2009 - 23/08/2009
(Paris) Bibliothèque nationale de France, site François-Mitterrand
19/05/2009 - 23/08/2009
(Paris) Bibliothèque nationale de France, site François-Mitterrand
artist_books
Job, l'art au défi de l'espérance
Face au climat de crise dont est empreinte notre époque, l’art, en dépit d’un contexte difficile, offre des raisons d’espérer. Les artistes continuent de créer, d’exhumer des « parcelles d’humanité » qui n’ont cessé d’exister. Autour de l’exposition L’Art au défi de l’espérance, cet ouvrage donne la parole à un certain nombre d’artistes ayant pour l’occasion t ...