Jugnet + Clairet
Overview
(Anne Marie Jugnet : b. May 25, 1958 - La Clayette, France & Alain Clairet : b. July 7, 1950 - Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France)
Over the past 25 years, Jugnet + Clairet have continuously questioned the status of images and the conditions of their emergence. Working in multiple media, the French born, New Mexico-based artist couple find renewed inspiration in the landscapes and culture of the American southwest.
"Our work, beyond an autobiographical dimension, explores and develops what usually escapes attention in the surrounding world. Everything that imposes itself by a sudden emergence, a strangeness, a dazzlement - everything that requests a steady gaze. Our point of view is peripheral, we are attracted by the margins, the backgrounds, the depths.”
Jugnet + Clairet, 2022
"Our work, beyond an autobiographical dimension, explores and develops what usually escapes attention in the surrounding world. Everything that imposes itself by a sudden emergence, a strangeness, a dazzlement - everything that requests a steady gaze. Our point of view is peripheral, we are attracted by the margins, the backgrounds, the depths.”
Jugnet + Clairet, 2022
Following a process of deconstruction and reconstruction, Jugnet + Clairet's series are born out of events and objects they encounter during trips, from which they extract details to focus on overlooked areas, grey zones, minor changes, intervals and interstices. They direct their attention to the fringes of the image, the periphery, where information is at best scarce. Since becoming an artist collective in 1997, they have elaborated a unique conceptual approach, that functions according to a specific protocol and continuously reinvented process. For them, the role of the artist is to shed light on what has never been seen or previously addressed.
Biography
Anne Marie Jugnet (b. 1958 in La Clayette, France) and Alain Clairet (b. 1950 in Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, France) first met in 1995 and became an artist duo in 1997. Their first exhibition as Jugnet + Clairet was presented the following year at Erna Hecey Luxembourg. Their work has been presented in major institutions worldwide, including MUDAM Musée d'Art moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg; MAMCO Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Geneva, Switzerland; Pompidou Center National Museum of Modern Art, Paris, France; Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg; Villa Medici, Rome, Italy; Minsheng Museum, Shanghai, Taikooli in Chengdu, China; New Mexico Museum of Art, Santa Fe, NM; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ; Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City, Mexico; Bass Museum, Miami, FL; Museum of Fine Arts, Nîmes, France; Frac Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-Lès-Rouen; Museum of Fine Arts, Rouen, France; Passerelle Center of contemporary art, Brest, France; among others. Their work is part of major institutional collections, including The National Museum of Modern Art in Paris (Pompidou Center), the Museum of Contemporary Art in Bordeaux (CAPC), the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Geneva (MAMCO) and Musée d'Art moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg (MUDAM).
Works
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Background #1.4 (D.A.A.A), 2022
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Background #2.1 (D.A.A.A), 2022
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Background #2.2 (D.A.A.A), 2022
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Background #44 ( D.A.A.A), 2022
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Background #45 (D.A.A.A), 2022
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Background #46 (D.A.A.A), 2022
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Barbed Wire, Apache Plume, 2022
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Power Line, Old Las Vegas HWY, 2022
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Tsankawi, White Rock, 2022
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Background #38 (Marat), 2021
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Background #43 (D.A.A.A), 2021
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Background #12 (Marat), 2020-2021
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Anonymous #21 (L.), 2020
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Anonymous #22 (L.), 2020
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Anonymous #23 (L.), 2020
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Background #10 (Marat), 2020
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Background #15 (Still Life), 2020
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Background #16 (Still Life), 2020
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Background #23 (On a Summer Sunday), 2020
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Background #24 ( On a Summer Sunday), 2020
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Background #26 (Shadow), 2020
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Background #27 (Shadow), 2020
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Background #28 (Shadow), 2020
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Background #29 (Shadow), 2020
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Background #8 (Marat), 2020
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Background #4 (Trudaine), 2019
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A VAT I VIT #2, 2018
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MEISCHAKS #2, 2018
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MEISCHARAX #2, 2018
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MEISCHIRIX #2, 2018
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MEISCHUKS #2, 2018
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Spitfire #4-1942, 2018
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UMBARIGASCH #2, 2018
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UMBURRI #2, 2018
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Un autre endroit idéal, 2018
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Cue Marks #7, 2017
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Pendeloques #4 (Crystals), 2016
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Atomes Crochus (Hooked Atoms) #1 (TYIO + PGBS), 2015
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Atomes Crochus (Hooked Atoms) #2 (CB + CRM), 2015
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On the Riviera #6-1951, 2014
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Still Life - Los Alamos #3-PB, 2010
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Still Life - Los Alamos #4-PB, 2010
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Nuage #5, 2006
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Nuage #6, 2006
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Nuage #7, 2006
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SUNSET #12s (SUNSETS SERIES, 2007-06), 2006
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SUNSET #22s (SUNSETS SERIES, 2007-06), 2006
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SUNSET #23s (SUNSETS SERIES, 2007-06), 2006
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SUNSET #28s (SUNSETS SERIES, 2007-06), 2006
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SUNSET #4s (SUNSETS SERIES, 2007-06), 2006
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Let's switch again / San Acacio, 2005-2013
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Flux Mpeg, 2004
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Leblanc #9.2, 2004
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Alpine, TX #292-3, 2003
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Santa Fe - Switch, 2003
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Alpine, TX #193-1, 2002
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Alpine, TX #376-1, 2002
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Cadiz #1, 2002
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Cadiz #2, 2002
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Cadiz #3, 2002
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Cordoba #1, 2002
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Cordoba #2, 2002
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Cordoba #3, 2002
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Clark County, 2000
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Enterprise, 2000
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Grandeur Nature, 1999
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M.V. #1-8T, 1998-2008
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Ligne FB-BT (LINE), 1998
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Point/Ligne FB-WT (Period/Line), 1998
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Tirets #1 #2 FB-RT (Hyphens), 1998
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Villa Arson #1, 1997
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Villa Arson #2, 1997
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Villa Arson #3, 1997
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Villa Arson #4, 1997
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Invisible..., 1990
Press
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Entretien avec Anne Marie Jugnet et Alain Clairet, mars 2015 par Clara Daquin
Clara Daquin, ARTIST'S COLLECTIVE, CONTEMPORARY COLLECTIVE ARTISTIC- PRAXIS. ISSUES AND REALITIES., March 15, 2015 -
Christine Jean, Entretien avec Anne-Marie Jugnet et Alain Clairet
Christine Jean, AREAREVUES, N° 27 (AUTUMN 2012), October 15, 2012 -
Interview by Élisabeth Lebovici
Élisabeth Lebovici, Catalog www.jugnetclairet.com, September 15, 2004
Publications
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Jugnet + Clairet
NM Anne-Marie Jugnet + Alain Clairet, 201726 x 21 cm, 24 p. pagesRead more
Publisher: Mayeur Projects
ISBN: 978-0-692-93649-8 -
Jugnet + Clairet
Just passing through Anne-Marie Jugnet + Alain Clairet, 201326 x 21 cm, 16 p. pagesRead more
ISBN: 978-2-9544970-0-6 -
Jugnet + Clairet
www.jugnetclairet.com Anne-Marie Jugnet + Alain Clairet, 200528 x 21 cm, 72 p. pagesRead more
Publisher: Ishmes Editions, Paris
ISBN: 2 922688 56 6 -
Jugnet + Clairet
Séries Américaines Anne-Marie Jugnet + Alain Clairet, 200031 x 24 cm, 64 p. pagesRead more
Publisher: Trafic Frac Haute-Normandie
ISBN: 2-906422-26-6
News
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Jugnet + Clairet | ARTIST IN CONVERSATION
Pie Projects Contemporary Art February 22, 2025Saturday, February 22, 2025, 4–5:30 pm 924 Shoofly Street, Santa Fe, New Mexico in live teleconference with with Philippe-Alain Michaud , art historian and curator...Read more -
JUGNET + CLAIRET | THE BACKGROUND SERIES (D.A.A.A)
Pie Projects Contemporary Art, Santa Fe, NM February 11, 2025February 8 – March 15, 2025 Inspired by the discovery of more than 500 nitrate film reels found buried on the site of a defunct...Read more -
Jugnet + Clairet | Clouds, Suns, Sunsets
La Table d’Immédiats, Arles, France, October 1st - October 12th, 2024 September 10, 2024We are delighted to annonce Anne Marie Jugnet and Alain Clairet 's upcoming exhibition Clouds, Suns, Sunsets With Stéphane Tanguy & Pierre Grand at La...Read more -
Jugnet + Clairet | L'âge atomique, Les artistes à l'épreuve de l'histoire
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, October 11, 2024 - February 9, 2025 September 10, 2024L'âge atomique Les artistes à l'épreuve de l'histoire With the participation of Anne Marie Jugnet and Alain Clairet Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris October 11,...Read more -
Here I am, between realities and utopias, | A proposition by Enrico Lunghi
Babel Mallorca | June 12 - June 27, 2024 May 23, 2024Here I am, between realities and utopias, A proposition by Enrico Lunghi Babel Mallorca June 12 - June 27, 2024 For the works of man...Read more -
Jugnet + Clairet | Artcurial Sale | Eclectic Eyes, A European Collection
October 20, 2023, Paris October 9, 2023Jugnet + Clairet, Sunset #12s will feature in Artcurial’s Eclectic Eyes, A European Collection special Sale #4412 Lot #25 on October 20, 2023. Jugnet +...Read more