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which soon after led him to Chicago. Porret's thirst for knowledge took Porret's work is infused with his personality, unsuppressed by traditional
him to museums all over the world, absorbing all he could and sharing rules; his work is original and buried within each piece is the poetry of his
philosophies with the most prominent artist of the time. As an artist, Porret work. Creating figures of humanity in the abstract, each form courageously
is continuously evolving, and his work and style have changed over the melting into the next. Emotions created from fragments of granite or
years. From sharper to a softer expression of molten metal. Porret muses, marble jutting and piercing through the bronzes bring the concepts of
"If my approach seems figurative, I do not aim for a reproduction of the nature and man together, creating a stunningly modernistic and seductive
human form: what interests me is to transmit an abstract feeling or an idea interpretation of the human form. When viewing one of his sculptures, the
rather than an image of reality. I use recognizable forms to arouse emotion, human form seems to leap out at the viewer. Jean-Jacques describes this
to give birth to sensations. I consider myself, in fact, an impressionist." movement as "rhythm in space." Porret said of his artistic method and
This vision drives his work, and each sculpture imbues depth and intensity. vision, "I work without any preconceived idea…(I) continue instinctively,
Though he initially started his career by working in Bronze, Porret began with one shape leading to the next, until the figure is simply rhythm
experimenting with various stones. Dissatisfied, with his sculpture's bases, in space". Jean-Jacques Porret's bronzes can be seen in innumerable
bought a granite and marble company, to have complete control in his collections throughout Europe, Japan, and the United States. He was
work's creation. Yet this choice also evolved his work, and these various commissioned to create the bronze sculpture for the American- Swiss
stone elements have become an integral part of his creative process and Friendship Award. The "Abage Encyclopedia of Bronzes" describes Porret
vision. Many of his signature pieces with their soft angular movements are as "an independent thinker, whose bronze sculpture might be described as
harmoniously mixed with sharply defined textures captivating thoughtful a naturalistic, modern blend, in which forms are simplified to their essential
designs with an immortal richness, boldness, and unsettling beauty. rhythms and elements." (ATI magazine)

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