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1/3/2013

Jean-Marie Perier / Patrick Swirc

Polka Galerie, Paris

Jean-Marie Périer
Rock'n Roll

Polka Galerie presents « Rock’n’roll » from March 2nd to May 4th, an exhibition of twenty-three prints from the archives of Jean-Marie Périer.
Jean-Marie Périer became famous in the sixties when, during his col- laboration with the magazine «Salut les copains» he followed the biggest music names of the time and witnessed a society undergoing revolution.

«Rock’n’roll» is an immersion into the heart of the star system in the sixties. The photographs exhibited, which constitute an important cultural heritage, tell the early tales of those destined for stardom: The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan or Stevie Wonder. Jean-Marie Périer is daring and produces color images, a practice that was then unpopular with his peers, which became his signature, the symbol of the mutation of the time.

Because Jean-Marie Périer developed strong relationships with each of these artists who became worldwide phenomenons, he was able to share the intimacy of stars. For twelve years, he followed them on tour, sat at their tables, and accessed their private apartments.

Mick Jagger would personally call on him during his stay in Paris. Then, a young photographer, he immorta- lized the outlandish poker games Keith Richards played in the Rolling Stones aircraft and captured the Beatles long waiting hours, when they were stuck in hotels between gigs. Some of the photographs on view have since become icons such as the Beatles « Red Door » or the portrait of James Brown beside his private jet.

A singular witness of these rare moments, the artist remembers the day « where the freedom to photograph was a fact to life. A right. »Today, no photographer could take the same images :« Then, nothing was serious, anything was possible.»

Polka Galerie is pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition « Rock‘n’roll », photographs by Jean-Marie Périer, Thursday February 28th between 6 and 9 pm. The artist will be in attendance and signing his books at 7pm (signature of the book « Rencontres » published in October 2012 and «Jean-Marie Périer» published in November 2008, Ed. Du Chêne)

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Patrick Swirc
Carnets de Voyage

Polka Galerie presents "Carnets de voyage" from March 2nd to May 4th, an exhibition of Patrick Swirc which mixe s photographs and diaries. As a traveler, Patrick Swirc wan ders the world to create logbooks filled with photographs, calligraphy, collages and drawings.

Image: Mick Jagger, Paris, January 1971 © Jean-Marie Périer

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