Saint Etienne YÉANZI Untitled (Persona series) - 2020 Mixed media on card 177 x 101 cm Mixed media on cardboard 69.68 x 39.76 in. Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist by the current owner FR Saint Étienne Yéanzi lives and works in Côte d'Ivoire. Using the materials at his disposal, Yéanzi reinvents pointillism. On large sheets of newspaper applied to cardboard, Yéanzi melts drop by drop the black plastic packaging and market bags that fill the streets of Abidjan. In the course of a ceremony that denounces consumerism and the pollution it engenders, in the fumes of burnt plastic, a miracle happens: silhouettes and children's faces appear. Ghosts take shape. You have to stand back before you can see through the magma of burnt plastic and grasp the power of the work. The blurring of contours and lines does nothing to detract from the evocative power of the message. Yéanzi is a graduate of the Lycée d'Enseignement Artistique de Cocody and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts d'Abidjan, from which he graduated top of his class in 2012. EN Saint Étienne Yéanzi lives and works in Côte d'Ivoire. With the materials at his disposal, Yéanzi reinvents pointillism. On large sheets of newspaper applied to cardboard, he melts black plastic from packaging and market bags, which inundate the streets of Abidjan, drop by drop. Through a ceremonial process that denounces consumerism and the pollution it generates, amidst the fumes of burning plastic, a miracle occurs. Silhouettes and faces of children emerge. Ghostly figures take form. Stepping back is essential for the viewer to extract meaning from the molten plastic and grasp the power of the work. The blurred contours and traits do not diminish the evocative force of the message. Yéanzi graduated from the Lycée d'Enseignement Artistique in Cocody and the École des Beaux-Arts in Abidjan, where he graduated top of his class in 2012. Saint Etienne YÉANZI FR Saint Étienne Yéanzi lives and works in Côte d'Ivoire. Using the materials at his disposal, Yéanzi reinvents pointillism. On large sheets of newspaper applied to cardboard, Yéanzi melts drop by drop the black plastic packaging and market bags that fill the streets of Abidjan. In the course of a ceremony that denounces consumerism and the pollution it engenders, in the fumes of burnt plastic, a miracle happens: silhouettes and children's faces appear. Ghosts take shape. You have to stand back before you can see through the magma of burnt plastic and grasp the power of the work. The blurring of contours and lines does nothing to detract from the evocative power of the message. Yéanzi is a graduate of the Lycée d'Enseignement Artistique de Cocody and the Ecole des Beaux-Arts d'Abidjan, from which he graduated top of his class in 2012. EN Saint Étienne Yéanzi lives and works in Côte d'Ivoire. With the materials at his disposal, Yéanzi reinvents pointillism. On large sheets of newspaper applied to cardboard, he melts black plastic from packaging and market bags, which inundate the streets of Abidjan, drop by drop. Through a ceremonial process that denounces consumerism and the pollution it generates, amidst the fumes of burning plastic, a miracle occurs. Silhouettes and faces of children emerge. Ghostly figures take form. Stepping back is essential for the viewer to extract meaning from the molten plastic and grasp the power of the work. The blurred contours and traits do not diminish the evocative force of the message. Yéanzi graduated from the Lycée d'Enseignement Artistique in Cocody and the École des Beaux-Arts in Abidjan, where he graduated top of his class in 2012.