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An illustration of three figures in underwear against a turquoise background. One person stretches their arms behind their head, another wears sunglasses and holds a cigarette, and a third reads a book.

Exhibition: Jean Jullien gives us a saucy look at seaside antics in his new show La Plage

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Date
13 September 2013

The sun’s gone, the summer’s over, get over it. Before everyone starts morosely washing the chlorine out of their swimsuits and chucking their flower headbands in the recycling for another year, perhaps check out this new show from Jean Jullien. In his typical style of being witty without being overly cynical, Jean has created a new collection of simplistic images illustrating humans struggling with life on the beach. If you know the feeling when you’re sunburnt, you feel like a beached whale, there’s sand in your hotdog and you’re perving at the opposite sex through the shadows of your cheap sunglasses, then this is for you. Jean, you’ve done it again.

La Plage is on show at London’s Beach Gallery until September 29. If you can’t make it along, his prints are on sale here.

An illustration of a pink, rounded figure against a bright turquoise background. A black, hook-like symbol is drawn on their head, and a white, dripping shape sits on their shoulder.
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Jean Jullien: La Plage

An illustration of a person hiding behind a red and white striped beach towel. Only their eyes and the tip of their nose are visible above the fabric.
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Jean Jullien: La Plage

An illustration of a person wearing sunglasses and reading a book. They are set against a bright blue sky and a yellow ground, with a large, abstract shape in peach and red framing the left side.
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Jean Jullien: La Plage

An illustration of a person standing against a red background, wearing a white swan-shaped inflatable ring around their waist. The person looks down at the swan’s head, which curves downwards towards the floor.
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Jean Jullien: La Plage

An illustration of a bald person peeking over the edge of a light blue triangular shape. The figure is set against a two-tone red background, with a black line extending upwards from the peak of the triangle.
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Jean Jullien: La Plage

An illustration of a figure seen from behind, heavily laden with travel gear. They wear a black hat and carry a brown backpack, a rolled mat, and a purple bundle against a pink background with a red sun.
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Jean Jullien: La Plage

An illustration of melting pink shapes against a bright blue background. A thin black line cuts across the top of the image.
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Jean Jullien: La Plage

An illustration of a person in a white bikini floating on their back in light blue water. Two shadowy figures in blue and green trail behind them, mirroring their pose.
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Jean Jullien: La Plage

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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