I glean and retrieve quotes and short sentences from artists, writers and philosophers appearing daily on my Twitter Home Page. They are a bit like in Ella Maillart's Snippets of Wisdom, who said in her beautiful book: "Europe is still going in the wrong direction. Our civilization based on money is worthless. It's not money that counts, it's the spirit. Money kills the spirit." These are fragments of thoughts, little fireflies lighting our drifting humanity and warming our hearts, as in that simple phrase uttered by Ichi: "Anyone deprived of warmth ends up freezing to death." Excerpt from the film: Ichi, The Samurai Woman by Fumihiko Sori. Read more...

In this last part, they discuss the current works: the Shakti*-Yoni, Ecstatic Cosmic Danses series (2016-2020) : *Shakti is in Hinduism the divine feminine energy, and the consort of Shiva. "She is the goddess to the absolute, of which all the feminine deities are only aspects", according to Alexandra David-Néel. And JPS concludes on with this sentence of the film Ichi, The Blind Samurai Woman by Fumihiko Sori: "All beings deprived of heat end up dying of cold"...

In this second part, the artist talks about the first series of New York works on Plexiglas and on paper with an essentially erotic content: Dionysus, perpetual orgy or the organs of life (1998), Duality (1999) and The dream of the imprisoned man - inspired by a Marquis de Sade text (1998-2002)...

In this first part, they evoke the development of the structure of the monumental works (around the square and the void) of wall paintings on Plexiglas, including the installation: "The 4 Pillars of the Sky" currently exhibited at the MBAA...

Thierry Savatier evokes the works of erotic arts by Picasso, L'Etreinte (1969) and Raphael et la Fornarina (1968) through Thérèse rêvant (1938) by Balthus, Dirty Corner (2015) by Anish Kapoor etc. To finish with the series with the Entropic Suites n°22 & 26 (2011-2015) by Jean-Pierre Sergent etc.

Thierry Savatier evokes works of erotic art from the Renaissance: The Vulva (16th) by Leonardo da Vinci (16th), Lucas Cranach, La Nymphe à la source (1537) until the 19th century with the works of Jean-Baptiste Clésinger: La Femme piquée par un serpent, (1847) Le Sommeil (1866) and L'Origine du monde (1866) by Gustave Courbet etc.

Thierry Savatier evokes works of erotic art from Prehistory (Venus of Willendorf (22.000 B.C.), the Scene of the well of Lascaux (18.000. B.C.) until the Renaissance with The Birth of Venus by Sandro Botticelli (1484) and The Three Graces by Raphael (1504) etc.

Published by the MBAA (graphic designer Thierry Saillard) with texts by Nicolas Surlapierre (director of the Beesançon center's museum): "Pushing screams" and "Insider beds", Thierry Savatier (art historian): "The four pillars of the sky", Marie-Madeleine Varet (philosopher) : "Metaphor and metamorphosis", Pierre Bongiovanni (curator): "Journey to the end of man's possible: the question of eroticism and ecstasy in the painted work of Jean-Pierre Sergent", Florence Andoka (journalist): "One way or another". This catalog is available at the bookstore on the first floor of the museum (price 10€).

3:00 pm : Thierry Savatier, art historian & specialist of Gustave Courbet : Erotic Art 
4.00 pm : Discussion with Jean-Pierre Sergent : Eros Unlimited II
6:00 pm: Signing of Thierry Savatier's books: Picasso, this never-extinct volcano, by Roland Dumas and Thierry Savatier and The Origin of the World, The History of a Painting by Gustave Courbet as well as the JPS exhibition catalog at the museum store.

To listen again to the beautiful Radio Campus program by Aurélien Bertini with : Jean-Pierre Sergent, Nicolas Bousquet and Louis Ucciani at the Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology of Besançon, September 10th 2020 from 7 to 8 pm. Editing the video interview is in progress and will be available soon.

J-P Sergent discusses with N. Surlapierre about his current mural installation: The Four Pillars of the Sky (80 m2) at the MBAA, as well as excerpts from texts by Antonin Artaud from the book Le théâtre et son double. With: Nicolas Surlapierre, director of the museums of the Besançon Centre, Nicolas Bousquet, head of the cultural development, coordination and proofreading, Lionel Georges & Christine Chatelet, camera, Romain Monaci, transcription, Fabien Paillot, logistical assistance.

J-P Sergent discusses with N. Surlapierre about his current mural installation: The Four Pillars of the Sky (80 m2) at the MBAA, as well as about about twenty images from different cultures (Mexican, Japanese, Oceanian etc.) chosen by the artist. With: Nicolas Surlapierre, director of the museums of the Besançon Centre, Nicolas Bousquet, head of the cultural development, coordination and proofreading, Lionel Georges & Christine Chatelet, camera, Romain Monaci, transcription, Fabien Paillot, logistical assistance.

J-P Sergent discusses with N. Surlapierre about his current mural installation: Les quatre piliers du ciel (80 m2) at the MBAA, as well as about about twenty images from different cultures (Mexican, Japanese, Oceanian etc.) chosen by the artist. With: Nicolas Surlapierre, director of the museums of the Besançon Centre, Nicolas Bousquet, head of the cultural development, coordination and proofreading, Lionel Georges & Christine Chatelet, camera, Romain Monaci, transcription, Fabien Paillot, logistical assistance.

J-P Sergent discusses with N. Surlapierre about his current mural installation: The Four Pillars of the Sky (80 m2) at the MBAA, as well as about about twenty images from different cultures (Mexican, Japanese, Oceanian etc.) chosen by the artist. With: Nicolas Surlapierre, director of the museums of the Besançon Centre, Nicolas Bousquet, head of the cultural development, coordination and proofreading, Lionel Georges & Christine Chatelet, camera, Romain Monaci, transcription, Fabien Paillot, logistical assistance. 
 

Interview with Catherie Jeanson : 1/Your works will be included in the exhibition "Voluptés". Couldn't you dream of a better way to enjoy life?
- Yes, of course! This exhibition was made possible thanks to my friends Maryse Garinginet and Pierre Bongiovani who were preparing this big summer exhibition "Voluptés" and who came to my studio in December 2019, where Pierre discovered my monumental work. We then decided to present an anthology of erotic works...

Transcript of the filmed interview between the artist Jean-Pierre Sergent & Nicolas Surlapierre, director of the centre's museums at the Besançon Museum of Fine Arts and Archaeology, filmed on 24 June 2020.

Installation of a monumental mural on Plexiglas by Jean-Pierre Sergent "Cosmic Mechanics of Climax" with assistant Jean-François Delamain, composed of 24 paintings of 1.05 x 1.05 m, (8.40 x 3.15 m). Filmed on July 9, 2020, at the Voluptés exhibition organized by La Nouvelle Laurentine. Thanks to the Curators, Pierre Bongiovanni & Maryse Garinginet.

Series of twenty photos showing the installation of a monumental mural on Plexiglas by Jean-Pierre Sergent "Cosmic Mechanics of Climax" with assistant Jean-François Delamain, composed of 24 paintings of 1.05 x 1.05 m, (8.40 x 3.15 m). Filmed on July 9, 2020, at the Voluptés exhibition organized by La Nouvelle Laurentine. Special thanks: Curators, Pierre Bongiovanni & Maryse Garinginet, scenography by Yoris Van Den Houte, Marc Lenoel & all the Nouvelle Laurentine's team.

Short documentary film presenting JP Sergent in his workshop working on his Shakti-Yoni series a short interview with him and a miscellaneous selection of his art works. Filmed by Vincent Vernier on November 13 & 22 2019, for Café Gourmand Production.

Printing of two leaflets "Shakti-Yoni, 2019" & "The Four Pillars of Heaven, 2019-2020" from the eponymous exhibition at the MBAA in Besançon (46 x 69 cm) at the Simon Graphic print shop, Ornans, France, June 25, 2020.

13 photos of the printing of two leaflets "Shakti-Yoni, 2019" & "The Four Pillars of Heaven, 2019-2020" from the eponymous exhibition at the MBAA in Besançon (46 x 69 cm) at the Simon Graphic print shop, Ornans, France, June 25, 2020.

Selection and packaging of the twenty-four paintings on Plexiglas for the exhibition Voluptés (25 m2) at La Nouvelle Laurentine, with Jean-François Delamain. Filmed at the studio by Lionel Georges on June 15, 2020.

Four small serigraphs from the Shakti-Yoni series are presented at the Sayé Gallery in Tehran. Curator of the exhibition, the director Babak Baharestani.

Group exhibition organized by La Nouvelle Laurentine with the installation of a large mural by Jean-Pierre Sergent of 24 (1.05 x 1.05 m) paintings on Plexiglas, acrylic silk-screen printed on Plexiglas with an overall dimensions of 8.40 m long by 3.15 m hight. Curators: Pierre Bongiovani & Maryse Garinginet + Exhibition page

Transcripts of the eight interviews of artist Jean-Pierre Sergent during the year 2019 with: FR3 Franche-Comté-TV, Magazine Diversion, the artist Claudie Floutier, the art historian Thierry Savatier, the doctors Jean-Louis Garillon and Michel Pétiard etc.

Transcripts of three filmed interviews in the Besançon studio between the painter Jean-Pierre Sergent and the philosopher Marie-Madeleine Varet: "Entretiens impromptus" in 3 parts on 27 September 2018 and "Palabres dans l'atelier" in 8 parts on 3 November 2017 and with journalist Jean-Luc Gantner "Sex, spiritualities, shamanism & energies" in 4 parts on November 3rd 2018.

More information on some video interviews such as: "Transgressions?" interview with the philosopher Marie-Madeleine Varet at the exhibition Sex & Ritual in Besançon on April 4th, 2013 - "The Painter & the Art Historian", interview with Thierry Savatier at the Ferme de Courbet de Flagey on May 13th, 2012 - Documentary film by Jean-Luc Gantner at the Besançon workshop on January 1st 2009 - "Sunstroke & Other Symbolic Powers", filmed in Ornans and Besançon during the year 2008.

Transcript of the filmed conference of the artist Jean-Pierre Sergent during his exhibition at the MBAA "Les 4 Pillars Of Heaven" on February 14, 2020.
1/3 Non-western or pre-monotheistic works | 2/3 Adam & Eve, sin, the origin of the world | 3/3 Some works of western art
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Transcript of the lecture given by the artist Jean-Pierre Sergent at the Charles de Bruyères Museum in Remiremont during the group exhibition "Charles de Bruyères invites 15 artists".
1/4: History of my artistic career | 2/4: Initiatory journeys & influences | Part 3: The development of the form and structure of my painting | 4/4: Eve, Adam & The graffittis & artists' quotations

Series of photos taken by Sachie Kumano during a working session in July 2003. "Through taking photographs I have realized how beautiful the smallest everyday details and all of the living moments are. Photography has made me thankful for the world and my life. I would like to capture the sparkling moments of people integrated in their environments and things we feel invisibly. Watching Jean Pierre engrossed in his work was inspirational. I hope he knows he is not only creating his art but also he himself is Art to me. All of us are Art." Sachie Kumano, Photographer