Jean-Luc Verna
Born in 1966 in Nice. Lives and works in Paris.
The interpretation, the mise en abîme of his own universe, the representation, Jean Luc Verna mixes his image with that of his heroes or heroines: he makes his show. "Aren't you wearing a lot of make-up? No. " The title of most of his exhibitions over the last 10 years sets the tone: art is a decoy, it's all about artifice, glitter, pretense, at the bend of which the deep meaning of things is revealed, a tragicomic cabaret. Drawing, cinema, photography, music, or the artist's own body are the supports of a demanding approach through which Verna asserts herself as a visual artist as polymorphous as she is relevant and coherent.