Jerome Mesnager, born in 1961 in Colmar, is a French painter.

Summary 1 Biography 2 Notes and references 3 Bibliography 4 Related articles 5 External Links

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The son of an engineer, he entered the Ecole Boulle in 1974 where he attended training as a cabinetmaker and he taught thereafter.

He is a founder in 1982 of "Zig-Zag", a group of ten young artists in "zig-zag in the Jungle of Cities": they had discovered the possibility of occupying the streets, drawing graffiti, and also briefly occupied the time of performance art, abandoned factories.

On January 16, 1983 he invented the Man in White, "a symbol of light, strength and peace." This silhouette white or white body called the white man, Jerome Mesnager was reproduced around the world, the walls of Paris to the Great Wall of China.

1990, Jerome Mesnager leaves his childhood home, a place of his meetings with Jean-Pierre Le Boul'ch ^References

Bibliography

• 20 years he runs, Criteria editions , 2003, ISBN 2-95194-550-7
• He always runs ... 25 years, Criteria editions, 2008, ISBN 978-2-9526281-9-8
• Journey, Criteria editions, 2007, ISBN 978-2-9526281-3-6
• My life in white, The Traveller Editions, 2010, ISBN 978-2-36214-000-6

Related articles

• Gerard Zlotykamien
• Nemo

External Links