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An original and daring painting with global resonance. On July 26, 2024, the singer Philippe Katerine revealed himself on an international scale by performing his title “Nu” dressed in little fabric, made up in Dionysossurrounded by flowers and fruit and nonchalantly lying in front of an audience of dancers, during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. A scene appreciated by the majority, but strongly criticized by part of the right and the extreme right, as well as several countries, such as Hungary or Russia.

Increased notoriety

This Sunday, November 3, 2024, the 55-year-old artist, author of a new album entitled Zouzou, assured that it was the “craziest thing of (his) career” in an interview given to La Tribune Sunday. A service that he had already undertaken with our colleagues at Paris Matchcalling his song “appropriate » and justifying his offbeat interpretation by a desire to “give the world somethinginnocent and grotesque« .

During the launch of the Olympic Games, Philippe Katerine was chosen by the organization to perform a song from his repertoire, covered in glitter, on a bridge over the Seine. On social networks, some had vilified this choice. In question, a possible reference to the painting by Leonardo da Vinci, The Last Supper. What was defended Philippe Katerine, interviewed by the media CNN France. According to the artistic director of the ceremonies, Thomas Jolly, “the idea was to make a great pagan festival linked to the gods of Olympus”, as he told BFMTV.

The bias caused a stir. And participated in the highlighting of the singer from Vendée. A very pronounced light whose effects he felt after the Olympics, during his vacation. “I enter a bistro, the conversations stop,” he recalled to La Tribune Sunday to illustrate his new notoriety.

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