Most of the exhibitions on the French soil of my work dedicated to Brasilia have been made possible thanks to Gérard Fournier, a French Communist Party’s executive commissioned to watch over the real estate assets that his Directorate-General had entrusted him with : the building located in Place du Colonel-Fabien, home to the PCF's headquarters designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1965.

Gérard Fournier was also the administrator of the Espace Niemeyer, a vast exhibition space of over a thousand square meters located under the forecourt of the building’s dome. A dome which has become the emblem of a tenement the international reputation of which Gérard contributed to ensure, and for which he obtained the classification at the French Heritage and Historical Monuments Trustee’s, in 2007.

I had met Gérard in 2005, following his visit to my exhibition Brasilia. Flesh and Soul, which was held that year at the Maison du Brésil de Paris.
This exhibition, and the interviews that followed, made us discover that we shared an unconditional passion for the work of Oscar Niemeyer.

In the wake, Gérard invited me to exhibit at the Espace Niemeyer a selection of paintings from my Brasilia series during the Journées du Patrimoine ("French Heritage Days") of 2005, then those of 2006.
These two episodes were the source of some very special emotional moments for me, as they allowed me to see for the first time the work inspired by Oscar Niemeyer's flagship heritage come to life on the walls of a building that he created.
Bolstered by this experience, I then proposed to Gérard an exhibition concept dedicated to the three buildings imagined by the Brazilian architect in the Paris Region : the PCF headquarters in Paris, those of the L’Humanité daily in Saint-Denis, and the head office of the Labor Exchange in Bobigny (report to the Trois Traces d'Oscar chapter in this site).