Born in Belgium in 1948, Jean-Pierre Maury is a resident and working artist in both Belgium and France.
Since 1968, his work has been rooted in the development of the “mouvance construite” (constructive movement). This movement has solidified its position as the only truly new visual adventure since the beginning of the previous century. Despite undoubtedly leaving its mark on the past, it has remained strikingly relevant.
Having expressed a fervent desire to paint at a young age, Jean-Pierre Maury embarked on six extensive series of programmed works dedicated to the language of plastic between 1968 and 1978. In his works following 1978, he solely focused on a minimal visual element: the intersection of two lines.
Furthermore, Maury complements the strictness and requirements of his theoretical and practical work in regulated composition with an investigation of matter and color, demonstrating a pure, intuitive sensibility. He skillfully combines the ever-present rigor with a desire to integrate new elements in the execution of constructed practice, contributing to its continued existence and the expected renewal.
In doing so, he seeks to showcase the fullness of humanity – the ability to think combined with the ability to experience.
His work aims to demonstrate that strict form alone creates an additional organization of reality. This added realism, almost a subversion of a minimal and seemingly closed compositional principle, is undoubtedly intertwined with humor – yet another added value. Humor elevates the mundane or tragic and makes it bearable.
www.ftn-books.com has an impressive small screen print by Maury available.
