In Face - American, part of Pierre Sernet’s Face series, the artist captures a close-up of a marble sculpture, presenting a serene, expressionless visage stripped of cultural adornment. The smooth, unblemished surface of the sculpture creates a stark contrast to the textured bronze of Face - French, yet both share a profound stillness that transcends identity. By focusing only on the essential features—eyes, nose, mouth—Sernet reduces this representation of the human face to a minimalist form, emphasizing commonality over distinction.

The blank, slightly impassive expression and simplified features invite viewers to project their own interpretations onto the face, much like a Rorschach test. This neutral presence serves as a canvas for contemplation, encouraging viewers to see not only an American identity but a shared human one. The sculpture's smooth, idealized form evokes the classical aesthetic seen in Western portraiture, yet the absence of specific detail makes it an emblem of universal humanity rather than a specific individual.

Through Face - American, Sernet highlights the continuity of human expression across time and place, using statues as vessels to transcend cultural boundaries. This approach reinforces his theme in the Face series: each face, whether made from marble, bronze, or terracotta, acts as a mirror, uniting viewers under a shared identity. The smooth simplicity of this sculpture contrasts with other, more textured representations in the series, yet all resonate with the same essential message—the communality of humankind, stripped of distinctions and cultural labels.