Ivan Messac (b. 1948) is known as the youngest representative of Figuration Narrative, the French version of international Pop Art. He was nineteen when he began his career, and twenty when he joined the group of rebellious painters committed to the causes of their time - decolonization, liberation of morals, feminism and so on. Ivan Messac's youth was overflowing, as the very young artist entered the game through the front door: shortly after May '68, he decorated the corridors of Nanterre with a huge fresco in protest paper, right where it all began. Like his sensational debut, his painting showed real artistic maturity from the end of the sixties, when he was barely twenty. With his technique of large flat tints of shadow and pure color, reminiscent of the advertising posters and stencils of the same period, the artist took on all the subjects of society: the Vietnam War (Viet-Nam 69, 1970), the Cold War (Loin des réalités, 1969), police violence, women's rights, minority rights (Black Panthers, 1969), notably with the series Minorité absolue (1971-1973) devoted to Amerindians and particularly noted by the critics. This was followed by series in which the question of color and its meaning became a central preoccupation, leading Ivan Messac to move progressively closer to painting from the late 1970s onwards. In the 1980s, he turned to sculpture, using both cardboard and marble, and carrying out several public commissions. He returned to painting in the late 1990s, and also began experimenting with painting on digital media. His pictorial style gradually resembled that of his beginnings, but with less political subjects. In 2016, he was invited to paint live in front of the public at the Centre Pompidou, while gallery exhibitions were devoted to him abroad (UK, China). Ivan Messac is also the author of several books and articles. Ivan Messac's work has been exhibited in numerous galleries and museums in France and Europe. His works are held in institutions such as the Fonds National d'Art Contemporain, the FRAC Ile-de-France, Alsace and Pays-de-la-Loire, the Musée National du Sport in Nice, and the Sens and Mulhouse museums. Numerous publications have also been devoted to his work over the years.