Jean
'Johnny' Pigozzi
A Collector’s Eye and the Soul of African Photography Jean ‘Johnny’ Pigozzi, born in Paris in 1952, is an Italian businessman, art collector, photographer, and fashion designer whose career has been inextricably linked to the burgeoning world of contemporary African art. His journey began not …
A portrait built from Jean 'Johnny' Pigozzi's own colours
Every 2 approved work contributes its dominant tone to a single flowing field. Sorted along the hue wheel, the strip reads as a smooth spectrum. Click any band to reveal its full four-colour palette.
Bands follow the hue wheel; visually identical tones are merged.
Every painting, placed on the hue wheel
Each dot is a work — its angle set by hue, its distance from the centre by saturation. Hover a dot to see the painting.
The signature, in numbers
Where the colour came from
Up to 24 paintings representing the most frequent palette tones — each shown with its dominant colours.
