Following the example of Reena Spaulings (New York, 2005), Jean-Michel, the artistic duo formed by Sophie Varin (Saint-Doulchard, France, 1993) and Antoine Carbonne (Paris, France, 1987) is at the same time the hand, the artist, and the character. At the very beginning, Sophie and Antoine hid themselves under this “pseudonym”. Today, they stand more and more their position and set Jean-Michel as an actor, a protagonist of their artworks. He is not a “fake painter” anymore but a genuine fiction character.