I discovered Jacques’ work when a collector asked for my expertise. Disturbed by the hyperrealism of his paintings, he feared a technical trickery akin to retouched photography.
After climbing the seven flights of stairs, I entered the painter’s world: an accumulation of portraits of men. Every wall was covered with them, piles piled up on the red carpeted floor (…)”.
Pierre Passebon
(excerpt from the book Jacques Sultana, ed. Pierre Passebon, 2022)