Crime and the Figuration Narrative Movement: the Case of Jacques Monory
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This chapter analyses depictions of crime in Jacques Monory’s paintings, particularly in the series Meutres (1968), seeking to determine how the author engages with criminal aspects of the contemporary world, and to identify the ways in which this approach is codified in his aesthetic project. Belonging to the figuration narrative movement, Monory’s paintings invite a process of interpretation which makes compelling and disturbing use of many of the motifs of crime writing and film noir, including revolvers, the double and the enigmatic, beautiful femme fatale. Monory’s thriller novel, Diamondback (1979), is also considered to be representative of his ongoing fascination with crime.
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