A self-portrait in negative of Jacques Halbert, collection of texts written by various personalities, artists, filmmakers, philosophers and art critics in an argument against his work. An attempt to define oneself through the negative gaze of his contemporaries.

Texts of Emmanuel Vaslin, Mathieu Mercier, Laure Slabiak, Jean Michel Valtat, Roland Duclos, Patrick Tosani, Alun Williams, Catherine Pineau, Bertrand Gadenne, Alain Tchillinguirian, Sam Moore, Fabrice Hyber, Philippe Méaille, Orlan, Riewert Ehrich, Marie-Caroline Chaudruc, Guy Mathieu, Clovis Maillet, Wiwi Lebibac, Etienne Candel, Pauline Hamel, Arnaud Brument, David Michael Clarke, Claudie Dadu, Geneviève Breerette, Lauren Lebon, Patrice Lerochereuil, Grégoire Motte, Ivan Messac, Capitaine Lonchamps, Philippe Poitevin, Claude Guibert, Cindy Daguenet, Julien Blaine, Francine Flandrin, Peter Frank, Marcel Alocco Charles Dreyfus Pechkoff, Konny Steding, Dominique Marchès, Jules Merleau-Ponty, Valentina Traianova, Antoine Dufeu, Jérôme Diacre, Daniel Dezeuze, Ben Vautier, Jacques Flechemuller, Joël Hubaut, Gatien Du Bois, Zhuo Qi, Christian Maret, Raphaël Cuir, Sammy Engramer, Olivier Slabiak, Wilfrid Rouff, Frédéric Emprou, Jean-Michel Pinchon, Corine Borgnet, Léon Mychkine, Bernard Calet, Marty Fugate, Dialogist-Kantor, Jean-Michel Espitallier, Su Byron, Max Horde, Filipe Vilas-Boas, Catherine Chalumeau, André Stas, Claire Chevrier, Laurent Lacotte, Jean Dupuy, Ann Chevalier, Alexia Guggemos, Fabien Boitard, Christian Xatrec, Olivier Mosset

Graphic design :Dieudonné Cartier

Publication realized after the exhibition Jacques Halbert. Cerises (10.07-13.11.2020).

Released in February 2021
French edition
14x 21 cm
186 pages (b&w)
17.00 €
1000 copies.
ISBN : 978-2-9557917-3-8
EAN : 9782955791738
Edition :Château de Montsoreau – Museum of contemporary art
On sale in the bookshop of the Château de Montsoreau – Museum of contemporary art and at the Presses du Réel.