Michel Journiac

1935-1995

 

Michel Journiac is the founder of the 1960s and 1970s Body Art movement in France. During his artistic life, he used his own body to perform rituals which he documented through photography. It was through these photographic works, and his sculptural pieces, that Michel Journiac, a communist and gay man, attacked society's stereotypes, defended those who existed outside of daily society, and challenged traditional moral values.


 



Michel Journiac, Icônes du temps présent, Photography on canvas, gold leaves and blood, Unique, 92 x 73 cm, 1988.