CLEMENT POPLINEAU

Clément Poplineau paints Renaissance-like, realistic portraits of European banlieue youngsters. Clément Poplineau uses historical métier for contemporary tableaus. Centuries and social hierarchies are put on equal footing. And as the origin of portraiture indicates, Clément Poplineau’s paintings think about power, class, and identity — only he sharpens it. By sacralizing the “symbolic activities” that make up the banlieue’s youngster identities — from social exclusion to visual and bodily language — his paintings revaluate (un)ruly habits.