ARLETTE KOTCHOUNIAN

Mon image par toi, c'est comme de la musique...

19/09 - 07/12 2024

Mon image par toi, C'est comme de la musique... is an exhibition of Arlette Kotchounian's work from the mid-1970s to the late

to the late 1980s. Galerie Carole Kvasnevski presents her photographs for the first time in Paris.

photographs, a veritable archive of the jazz music scene, fromfrom Saint Germain-des-Prés to Paris, from Brazilian popular music

from soul to French chanson. Black-and-white portraits capture moments of joy and light-heartedness, as well as extremely intimate

intimate moments when the camera is forgotten. Photographs, personal archives and films line the exhibition route

the exhibition for a deep dive into the heart of the artist's life. Arlette Kotchounian is an author, performer and composer. For example, she adapting an American song, “Angelica”, which became “La musique a hit in the summer of 1967, which was taken up in 2000 by Star Academy, which made it its anthem. For Ray Charles, it was “Il est mort le soleil” which she transformed into “The sun

died”, another hit. Others followed... Ray intimate, Ray on stage, Arlette photographs. Passion, need, desire. Her friends, encounters, work as an artist, journalist and public relations work for Yvette Horner, are all intertwined. Mon image par toi, C'est comme de la musique... is a never-before-seen jam session between Charles Aznavour, Mick Jagger, Barbara and Memphis Slim. the gaze of Arman and his accumulations. With a special focus on Claude Nougaro and Ray Charles, who passed away 20 years ago this year.

These are snippets of life, unexpected rendezvous, hectic experiences experiences, unlikely encounters that this unique exhibition

exhibition.