Jean-Marc Nemer: L’experience contemporaine du sacré avec trois artistes
Once again, a non-fiction book has been published, which deals with my work, among other things.
Jean-Marc Nemer, Doctor of Arts from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, Maronite priest, iconographer and visual artist, is a specialist in contemporary sacred art. He first worked in the business world before devoting himself entirely to contemporary sacred art. In his works and research, he examines the dialogue between tradition and modernity in artistic creation.
Sacred art finds its place in areas that cannot be filled by sacred texts and their commentaries alone. Her contemporary experience thus deals with questions that move the hearts of the faithful, in a relationship that ranges from the intimacy of the artist to the intimacy of the viewer, but is also confronted with the ecclesiastical institution. For the Church, it is primarily a matter of conveying the content of the faith pedagogically and serving the liturgy.
Starting from three contemporary artists who have taken up religious themes to express an inner movement, Jean-Marc Nemer examines the challenges posed by contemporary Christian sacred art. The American Edward Knippers has made the nude the subject of his work, even if this shocks many believers. The Swiss Nicolas Vaudroz dedicates himself to spirituality in an existential quest in which he combines the cross of Christ with forms of syncretism. Nikola Sarić, for his part, is working on a modernization of icon technology, at the interface between Orient and Occident, between innovation and tradition.
Her career and her works invite you to delve deeper into the peculiarities of contemporary sacred art.
Jean-Marc Nemer: L’expérience contemporaine du sacré avec trois artistes – Edward Knippers, Nicolas Vaudroz et Nikola Sarić. Éditions Parole et Silence, 2025. Softcover, 147 pages, 14×21 cm, in French, ISBN 978-2-88959-641-6, available in bookstores.
