Portrait de
Jacques Monory, 2008
“ I first met Jacques Monory at the Paris Biennale in 1965 where I was presenting a short film.
Looking at his large, and very evocative, blue canvases, I lost myself in his universe of comic books and hyperrealism.
During a dinner some 40 years later, our paths crossed again... ”
The Portrait of Jacques Monory is a diptych, with one side showing a black and white portrait of the painter and the other, his iconic hat. During the shoot, the artist took photographs of Monory in a more relaxed pose, as he leafed through his journal. These images are the material used to create the stop-motion animation embedded in the still-life ribbon of the hat. In the animation, it is blue and grey – a nod to the work of Jacques Monory.
Making-of Portrait of Jacques Monory, 2008
Portrait of Jacques Monory, teaser of the video animation in stop motion, 2008
Portrait of Jacques Monory, teaser of the video animation in stop motion, 2008
Portrait of Jacques Monory, photograms from the stop motion animation, 2008︎ All rights reserved © Jean Larivière, 2022