On this week’s Paris des Arts: two new albums take centre stage. Axel Bauer returns with “Grand Huit” more than 40 years after his legendary “Cargo”. And Gauvain Sers opens up in “Boulevard de l’Enfance”. Then, we shine a spotlight on painter Li Chevalier whose work is as poetic as it is philosophical.

In Paris des Arts, Valérie Fayolle meets Axel Bauer. The singer and guitarist takes us on a whirlwind musical journey with his new album “Grand Huit”.

“I noticed with this album these really stark contrasts between certain rock tracks and very calm ballads, which gave it this rollercoaster feel with accelerations in the tempo,” he says. “Like when you get to the top of the rollercoaster, you see the horizon, and all of a sudden you plummet downwards.”

We continue this dialogue between art forms with Li Chevalier. Born in China, the artist channels a once-unfulfilled love of singing into a visual language of ink. 

“What I find most beautiful about Chinese ink is its transparency, its delicacy, its lightness. And all of the shades that I’ve been able to make on canvas, just by mixing ink with water.”

Finally, singer Gauvain Sers reveals his new album where poetry meets social reflection.

“When I go home to Creuse, where I’m from, I see ‘for sale’ signs all along the main road, schools closing, and conditions deteriorating in the hospitals.” He adds: “I really wanted to tell that story because it’s my story too.”