Jean-Michel Cordier

“My universe is anchored in my past, feeds on my convictions and speaks in energy"

Jean-Michel Cordier began painting as a self-taught artist, then joined Bernard Darbefeuille's workshop.

From his childhood in Burkina Fasso he draws the strength from portraits, totems and sculptures of primitive arts in a painting that is both instinctive and ritualized.

Dandies, portraits, vanities, boxers, it celebrates the traces that humanity leaves on the world and the world's impressions on Man. Scrapings, collages, impasto on wood, pastels and acrylic on paper, lots of organized material to balance shapes, symbols and colors.