Be Yourself by CharlElie – on SoundCloud
Recorded in New York, NY.
In exclusivity, here are 5 songs in English that will be on CharlElie’s next album.
Photo Souvenir – 04/13
Jean Reno, famous French actor, visiting CharlElie in his NY gallery!
CharlElie & Jean Reno at the Re Gallery, New York, April 2013
Happy birthday !!
Happy birthday CharlElie !
Exhibition in NYC “Trees in focus”
“Trees in Focus” is an itinerant photography exhibition organized by the Anne Fontaine Foundation in order to raise awareness and to support its reforestation efforts in the Brazilian Atlantic Forest.
35 world-renowned photographers, including CharlElies, have offered their support to the Foundation by donating a total of 40 artistic photographs inspired by trees. These artistic photographs will be shown to the public during the different venues of the exhibition, the first of which will be at Sotheby’s, in New York City, from March 30th to April 8th 2013.
All pictures will be auctioned to the benefit of the Anne Fontaine Foundation.
Photo Souvenir – 2013
Friday February 22nd, CharlElie went to see a concert by Matthew Skoller downtown Manhattan on Christopher street. Matthew Skoller is Chicago blues-man, that CharlElie used to know when he recorded his album “Casque Nu”.
Get CharlElie’s answer
1/ What music album(s) did you listen to the most in 2012?
Joe Jackson – (Jazz/Rock) - Album “The Duke“
Leftfield – (Electro) – Album “Tourism“
Avishaï Cohen – (Jazz) – Album “ Seven Seas”
2/ What was the best movie you saw in 2012?
Argo by Ben Affleck.
Argo (2012) by Ben Affleck
3/ What was your best trip in 2012?
I didn’t move that much this year, so my best trip has been to The Myhanian Falls in the deepest range of my imagination where you can live free, love and be loved, and also sing whatever you want on the nicest playgrounds… My best trips were my dreams.
4/ What was the best restaurant you went to in 2012?
Not the best but at least a good one: NYC/ZEN Palate (666 9th ave and 46 th st. )
5/ In all sports combined, who was the best athlete of 2012?
Tony Estanguet, kayak champ for the third time.
Pete Jacobs, Australian winner of the Iron Man / Hawaï
French slalom canoeist champion, Tony Estanguet
Australian Ironman World Championship triathlon, Pete Jacobs
6/ What was the best exhibit you saw in 2012?
Foundation of Storm King. Big Scuptures. (1 Museum Road, New Windsor, NY 12553)
CharlElie at Storm King last year
7/ What material did you use the most in 2012?
My computer, my paintbrushes.
8/ What color(s) did you use the most in 2012?
Black, white and orange fluo.
9/ What was your biggest accomplishment in 2012?
The Hundred Sculptures under the title of “Manhattan” that we built during the summer for the presentation of the Japy Factory / September.
And, also, I went back to swimming every day for the last three months.
Manhattan project by CharlElie (2012)
10/ What was your most interesting encounter in 2012?
I think I re-discovered the depth of the love I have for the one I’m living with for more than 20 years…
Best 2013 wishes from CharlElie
Produced by WediaWix (www.wediawix.com)
A 2013 calendar on New York by CharlElie
Limited edition of the 2013 calendar named “New York“, all photos by CharlElie.
Only 9,90€, this item makes a great Christmas gift, or desk ornament. The selection of pictures was done especially for this calendar! 
- Where: Hypermaches Carrefour in France
Photo souvenir – 2005
CharlElie auto-portrait (2005)
Name the piece
In a comment, try to guess the name of this piece:
A) Meet packing district
B) New York storm
C) Plugged in
D) Manhattan street
And the answer is… C) Plugged in. Congratulations to those who guessed right !
CharlElie presented by Living with Art / NYC
- October 4-7, 2012
CharlElie presented by Living with Art / N Y C
at the The Affordable Art Fair
at The Tunnel in Chelsea
(269 11th Av., New York)
CharlElie’s inner portraits
Over 60 art galleries and a huge array of contemporary art. Living Art (stand A-11) will present four inner Portraits by CharlElie.
Conference in Denver, CO
If you’re in Denver on Sunday November 4th, join them !
Rancinan & CharlElie in NYC (2012)
Gérard Rancinan & CharlElie in New York (2012)
Yesterday, October 11th, CharlElie went to see the famous French photographer Gérard Rancinan‘s exhibition in New York. In this photo, the two friends are posing in CharlElie’s gallery in front of one of his NY photo-graph.
Video Souvenir – Angelina (1991)
June, 1991: here is a live video of CharlElie singing “Angelina”, a song written in English.
Gallery “Nomade Monade” in Paris, 09/12
CharlElie’s photo-graphs are exhibited at the gallery “Nomade Monade“
at “Art O Clock” in Paris (La Defense), from September 20th to 22nd. Don’t miss it !
Photo Souvenir – 1986
July 1986, CharlElie is recording with Ray Lema at Studio Chateau de Longueville, in the south of Paris.
July 29th, 1986, Longueville, France — CharlElie recording “Keep on Moving“
Name the piece
In a comment, try to guess the name of this piece:
A) New & Classic
B) Re-interpretation
C) Building a Better World
D) Commercial Poem
And the answer is… D) Commercial Poem
Soundtrack by CharlElie
This Sunday, September 9th, the wildlife documentary “Abyssinie, l’appel du loup” (“Abyssinie, The Call of the Wolf”) will be broadcast on French national television at 4:20 p.m., on France 2. In this documentary, wildlife photographer Vincent Munier and film maker Laurent Joffrion recorded the natural beauty of Ethiopia while focusing on the incredible life of its extreme condition living animals. CharlElie composed the entire soundtrack of this piece with his guitar player Karim Attoumane and producer Dombrance. The soundtrack can be purchased on i-Tunes.
Beautiful images with a great soundtrack that provides a unique ambiance.
Produced by Bonne Pioche. Shot with a Nikon D4.
Get CharlElie’s answer
1/ Which of the popular sports in the United States do you follow the most?
I watch tennis all year round. I sometimes manage to go to the U.S. Open, but not this year. I understand the issues of this sport that I practice when I can. Besides tennis, I follow baseball, football and ultimate fighting.
I would not say that I’m a fan, because true fans know everything about their team and I know almost nothing. However, I love the Yankees. When I used to live in France, I already knew the names of Babe Ruth, Joe Di Maggio, Mickey Mantle. Now, I follow the feats of Derek Jeter, Nick Swisher, Robinson Cano, Mark Teixeira and Alex Rodriguez. A few years ago, I took a picture in downtown New York with all the Yankees teammates wearing Jeter’s #2 jersey.
Yankees wearing Derek Jeter #2 jersey in New York
Baseball by CharlElie
In football, I like the N.Y. Giants. I am one of the 70 million spectators watching the Super bowl. We won the last one and it was a great time to be in Manhattan.
Recently, I also discovered the violent ultimate fighting. It seems that it’ll replace boxing. With weird tattoos to scare the devils, they’re not beauty but beasts. Sure they smash eyebrows and strangle dragons, but the commitment of these gladiators is 100%, and yet they are still able to show respect to one another. I liked Randy Couture for his courage and energy to the bottom of the California Kid Urijah Faber.
I also like golf and basketball sometimes, but not all season long. If sport is a religion for some, none of us have the same mystical approach to a religion: faithful believers go to the synagogue every week, some others just go for the feasts or big events, and finally some go only for Kippur. I’d say that I’m part of the last group. I am concerned, but I usually have some things that come primer on my schedule.
2/ You have completed your installation called “Manhattan” not long ago. What was the most challenging part of accomplishing this piece?
CharlElie’s Manhattan Project (2012)
For starters, it was the first time I had to work artistically with a team. I usually work alone, so nobody knows my recipes, my “tricks” and my rituals. But in order to get it accomplished, I had to reveal some secrets to those who accompanied me in this embodiment.
In addition, I didn’t have my tools, and it took some time to get the material with which I’m used to work.
Finally, we had to work fast, because time was running out and the inspiration as well. Fortunately, the team of sculptors and artists who gave me a hand rapidly understood the spine of the project. I showed them a sketchbook, with a lot of drawings that I had done, and they quickly assimilated the challenge. Everyone prepared drafts, and then I corrected their basis.
CharlElie showing drawings of the “Manhattan Project”
Beginning of the project
It was a little trickier to find the tint, color and ingredients that gave the right appearance to the sculptures, (a kind of a dark brown black and indefinable shade). We worked very hard during all of our time spent in this large warehouse plant fallow, abandoned for years, left to itself as an industrial wasteland. I planned to build 70 to 80 sculptures, and we were able to make a hundred. We ended up exhausted, drained, but very pleased with the result.
I hope that this “Manhattan” installation will circulate around the world. I’m sure lots of people would love to see it here in the MOMA.
Some of the “Manhattan” installation by CharlElie (2012)
3/ Which album (or song) will remind you of the summer 2012?
I really liked the new album of Joe Jackson, called “the Duke” that came out in June: ten covers of Duke Ellington, more or less known pieces, including the famous “Caravan“, “Mood Indigo” and “I Ain’t Got Nothing But The Blues“. I think the album is very well produced, both in the style of the time and yet very modern. It fits with the spirit of Joe Jackson. Fast and playful, it seems light but there is depth, as if nothing mattered, apparently. Excellent musicians around him (Iggy Pop even came to a piece), and I am sure that those who will see him live, will come out full of energy.
Click on the image to be redirected to Joe Jackson’s official website.
CharlElie, September 3rd, 2012 – from New York, NY.
Photo Souvenir – 2001
After his 2001 concert at the Olympia, CharlElie in the backstage with his brother Tom and the famous actor Benoit Poelvoorde.
CharlElie with his brother Tom (right) and Benoit Poelvoorde (left), 2001
Kevin’s interpretation
Here is a fun video of Kevin Cerovich, CharlElie’s drummer, singing “La vie facile” (“The easy life“). Kevin was born in Kansas, and is learning to speak French, sometimes by singing CharlElie’s song…
Name the piece
In a comment, try to guess the name of this piece:
A) Jericho
B) The last piece
C) Under the sea
D) In the wood
And the answer is… A) Jericho ! Congratulations to those who found the right answer !
The working artist in Beaucourt
CharlElie working hard on one of the hundred sculptures for the “Manhattan Project” (2012)
CharlElie working on the “Manhattan Project” (2012)
- For more: CharlElie’s official website
Did you know? CharlElie & Olympic Games
Did you know CharlElie has been invited to several Olympic Games for his notoriety as a French public figure? In 2000, Marie-George Buffet, French Sports Minister at the time, invited CharlElie to represent French public figures in the Olympic games in Sydney, Australia.
Four years later, in 2004, Jean-Francois Lamour, also Sports Minister, extended the invitation to the Olympics in Athens, Greece. Being the sports fan that we know CharlElie to be, we can only imagine how much fun he must have had in these events.
