The contemporality of Jean-Jacques Piezanowski’s portraits instantly catches the eye. Through the mingling of strata, through the juxtaposition of material and through their tonality we discover the originality of his approach.

The colored surface and relationship between tones create figures partially divorced from reality. They are transformed, when viewed under certain angles, due to the elegant touches of abstraction. Born from this confusion of surfaces and topography, the portrait takes shape, reaching further back and well beyond the figurative: Jean-Jacques Piezanowski is an artist of figurative destructuralism.

“I plumb the depths of the human soul and the mark of the passing of time in the treatment of my portraits.”