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contemporary artists in la Biennale di Venezia issue HARMONIOUS II, 2018 CAST BRONZE /SCULPTURE 24X18X31 IN. | 60.9X45.7X78.7 CM HEIGHT. /EDITION OF 3. 
 NOTORIOUS, 2016 CAST BRONZE /SCULPTURE 7X7X12 IN. | 17.7X17.7X30.4 CM HEIGHT. /EDITION OF 3. 
 LADY OF THE NIGHT, 2009 CAST BRONZE /SCULPTURE 21 IN. | 53.3 CM HEIGHT. /EDITION OF 3. 
DESINVOLTE, 2016 CAST BRONZE /SCULPTURE 7½X5X20½ IN. | 19X12.7X52 CM HEIGHT. /EDITION OF 3. 
IMPULSE, 2019 CAST BRONZE /SCULPTURE 15 IN. | 38.1 CM. HEIGHT, /EDITION OF 5. 
ZIGOTO, 2019 CAST BRONZE /SCULPTURE 16¾ IN. | 42.5 CM HEIGHT. / EDITION OF 3. 

JEAN JACQUES PORRET
Lives and works in Chicago, IL, United States
www.jjporret.com

Jean Jacques Porret’s surreal sculptures transcend the Though abstract in nature, the recognizable form and
mere human form they represent and instead draw the innate humanity residing within each piece is impossible
viewer in with their delicate expressionism, rhythmic to ignore. Thus, we are given a case study in restraint,
movement, and abstract sensuality. The work is never with the artist utilizing the best aspect of each genre
about the figure, but the emotions expressed in the without clouding his final result, creating a self-styled
tension of his fluid curves and precarious balance. harmony Porret simply describes as “rhythm in space”.

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