Trafic,
2022
by Nicolas Monjo
Painting : oil, acrylic 130 x 97 x 2 cm 51.2 x 38.2 x 0.8 inch
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Born in 1975 in Lot et Garonne, Nicolas Monjo is a talented self-taught painter who now works near Angoulême. Preferring his studio to social gatherings, the artist most often leaves it to others to dissect his work.
He discovered painting at the age of 20 and never stopped working on the development of a unique and very poetic technique. He plays with the laws of chemistry by mixing on the same board both acrylic and oil paint in order to create more marked relief effects to suck us into his world. Also, the privileged shades of gray and dark blue make the works of Nicolas Monjo recognizable among all.
The themes tackled by the artist reveal an extremely personal and lucid vision on everyday subjects, yet recurring in painting as well as in society more generally. Monjo gives himself up in each of his paintings, revealing his own experience in a hard and cold world where the law of the strongest often reigns. He persists and brilliantly manages to account for the fragility of the human condition which seems to come back to crush all the characters. Both figuratively and literally, the men and women are enclosed by the frame of the canvases as if to remind them of their inability to extricate themselves from their morose daily life.
Sometimes similar to curvaceous characters from the world of Fernand Léger, the protagonists of Monjo's works have companions of dogs, cats, fish... They are often made in strange positions comparable to contortionists. The Monjo models thus achieve the feat of entering a tiny car with ten people.
These offer a fantastic, even surreal dimension to his work that will surely not leave you indifferent. We will also note other elements almost always present in Monjo oils, namely the symbol of the heart, of the guitar; we still find a bottle, a plate, a fork, a glass abandoned on the floor. These objects belong to the life of the artist and he shares them with love and great kindness with the viewer.
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He discovered painting at the age of 20 and never stopped working on the development of a unique and very poetic technique. He plays with the laws of chemistry by mixing on the same board both acrylic and oil paint in order to create more marked relief effects to suck us into his world. Also, the privileged shades of gray and dark blue make the works of Nicolas Monjo recognizable among all.
The themes tackled by the artist reveal an extremely personal and lucid vision on everyday subjects, yet recurring in painting as well as in society more generally. Monjo gives himself up in each of his paintings, revealing his own experience in a hard and cold world where the law of the strongest often reigns. He persists and brilliantly manages to account for the fragility of the human condition which seems to come back to crush all the characters. Both figuratively and literally, the men and women are enclosed by the frame of the canvases as if to remind them of their inability to extricate themselves from their morose daily life.
Sometimes similar to curvaceous characters from the world of Fernand Léger, the protagonists of Monjo's works have companions of dogs, cats, fish... They are often made in strange positions comparable to contortionists. The Monjo models thus achieve the feat of entering a tiny car with ten people.
These offer a fantastic, even surreal dimension to his work that will surely not leave you indifferent. We will also note other elements almost always present in Monjo oils, namely the symbol of the heart, of the guitar; we still find a bottle, a plate, a fork, a glass abandoned on the floor. These objects belong to the life of the artist and he shares them with love and great kindness with the viewer.
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Born in Lot et Garonne in 1975, Nicolas Monjo is a talented self-taught painter who today lives and works near Angouleme. Preferring the solitude of his studio to social events, he often leaves it to others to dissect and decipher his works.
He discovered painting at the age of 20 and from then on has worked to developed a unique, highly poetic style. He plays with the laws of chemistry on his canvases, mixing acrylics and oils to create pronounced reliefs, whilst his signature preference for greys and blues makes his works instantly recognisable.
The themes tackled by the artists reveal a lucid and personal vision of his subjects, usually everyday objects and scenes which recur as frequently on his canvases as they do in day to day life. Monjo reveals touches of himself through his paintings, depicting his experiences of living in a hard, cold world where the laws of the jungle prevail. He strives, and achieves with brilliance, to make the viewer aware of the fragility of the human condition, which seems to haunt his subjects. The men and women are figuratively and literally enclosed in the frame, reminding the spectator of their inability to liberate themselves from their mundane lives.
Sometimes resembling the curvaceous figures found in the works of Fernand Léger, the characters in Monjo's pieces are often accompanied by dogs, cats, even fish, and are depicted in strange, contorted positions. His preference for flexible models allowed ten people at once to squeeze themselves into a tiny car for one memorable piece.
Monjo's latest works are fantastical, almost surrealist in nature, but contain many of his traditional motifs likes hearts and guitars, as well as bottles, plates, forks, and abandoned glasses. Objects which grace the everyday life of the artist are captured and presented for the delight of the spectator.
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