CRITIQUE – Between Paris and New York it’s hard to choose, so Vahram Muratyan takes us on a comparison of the two cities through sober drawings and bold colors.
Who wants to play? Between Paris and New York, the war is on. This is not from yesterday. Vahram Muratyan does not choose. Impossible, when you were born on the banks of the Seine and set foot in Manhattan for the first time at five years old. He had to find something else. So he compares and contrasts the two cities with sober drawings and bold colors. On the left page, the French one. On the right, the American one. The method is good. It delights the eye, provokes tender smiles. There’s the baguette versus the bagel, the camembert versus the cheesecake. Have the coffee. Depending on the side of the ocean, it can be enjoyed in a cup on the terrace or sipped from a tumbler while walking.
The profiles of CDG and JFK correspond to each other (they both gave their name to an airport). Their hairstyle brings Sonia Rykiel and Anna Wintour together. We are macaron or cupcake. We love Depardieu or De Niro, Truffaut or Scorsese… Icons are pulling each other, Quasimodo with
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