Benjamin AUGER (1942-2002)
Thierry Le Luron
Printed later on fiber-based paper
Edition 1/1
66 x 53 cm
Black wooden frame, and mat. 
In this month of November, 1984, Thierry Le Luron was more than ever a thorn in the side for reigning politicians. During the live broadcast of the Champs-Elysées, this leading French impersonator sang his renowned “L’emmerdant, c’est la rose” (The Rose is the Bore), a spoof directed at President François Mitterrand. “Watching presidential behavior turned me into a mimic, they pushed me to have fun,” he admitted to Paris Match. No surprise that this comedian  posed for the magazine in a presidential uniform, his right hand on a stack of the complete works of Marx and Céline. Liberal or Conservative, all is fair in comedy.