Arman and I first met in New York in spring of 1968,  and were reintroduced later In the  summer  of that year  in  the South of France by the same person

I was definitely familiar with Picasso, Van Gogh, Van Eyck, Rembrandt, the Quatro cento etc.   I had heard of Andy Warhol, but  that was the extent of my introduction  to contemporary art.   As  I’d never seen anything similar to it,  Arman’s work was unconventional from my perspective,  but I found that  it resonated in its beauty and boldness, leaving me intrigued and inspired.

Arman was curious by nature, and had an insatiable  thirst for knowledge, he was a compulsive  reader, throughout his life and in his youth,  would devour any art related magazine he could put his hands on. He read the  adventurous stories as though they were novels, of the artists he admired from  Gauguin to his most venerated hero

Vincent Van  Gogh, with excitement and  delectation, which were inspiring, and as such, opened a new creative and imaginative world to him.

In 2004, Arman wrote a hand written letter to Mr Jacques Chirac,  the then President of the Republic, soliciting him to award me with the insignia of Chevalier des Arts et Lettres, because, in his own words, I was instrumental in giving him the stability in his life to achieve the level of success he had gained in his artistic career. 
Arman’s contribution to the art world community is immeasurable.  He had been an inspiration to many throughout his career. He was a visionary,  an innovator, a creator, a trail blazer, and not a follower.  As such my mission is that of promoting and defending his work, his name, his honor and his many contributions. 
In so doing, I am motivated  to to keep that  eternal flame, by reminding art critics and historians alike, of Arman’s  giant foot print in the art world.

I am in the throes of working on the Arman Museum in Nice.  Although he always said he didn’t want  a mausoleum, I am convinced this project, will be a living, breathing hommage to Arman, at the level he would want. It will consist not solely of his works but of his universe of collections. I believe it is important to visit the many facets and dimensions of an artist, to better understand  who they are and where they are coming from.    Not only was he one of the greatest artists of our time,  but he was also a humanitarian, void of egregiousness, and full of compassion for his fellow man.   
 I My greatest wish would be to have exhibitions globally and semi-simultaneously to memorialize the 20 th anniversary of his death, and thus keep the eternal flame alive.

I was Arman's greatest proponent during his lifetime and I continue to be that same  person fifteen  years since his untimely death in 2005.  I maintained archives in. New  York for over 35 years. With Arman by my side during  those years, we worked closely together in clarifying any misinformation.  The Arman Committee is comprised of three members including myself.  As my archives are the Official Arman  Archives and  based in  New York, as such,  my role on the committee  is to continue what I have  been doing for all these years, which is to reply to inquiries by  providing as exact and as detailed information as possible, as all research is done through the New York office. The  results are then communicated  to the other committee members, as a courtesy for their information. I also organize and collaborate on exhibitions, and loans. I organize group visits to the studio as well.

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