
Sultana Summer Set poursuit un dialogue commencé à Paris avec Air de Paris et Marcelle Alix pour concevoir l’exposition « Nous buvons le soleil », une partition intime où les photographies de Jesse Darling, Donna Gottschalk, Dorothy Iannone et Nanténé Traoré influenceront l'atmosphère d’un appartement idéal.

Air de Paris present photography works by Dorothy Iannonne ( 1933, Boston - 2022, Berlin ).
...For many years now, Dorothy Iannone has been investigating through her visual work, her books and her records, the world of love and loving-styles. In her original (re)-search, she skillfully blends imagery and text, beauty and truth. She is a freedom fighter, and a forceful and dedicated artist. Her aim is no less than human liberation.

Marcelle Alix present photography works by Donna Gottschalk ( b. in 1949 ).
Donna Gottschalk grew up in the Tenement Houses of New York's Lower East Side. As a teenager, she attended the High School of Art and Design and began to frequent the city's gay and lesbian nightlife (Kooki's, Paula's, and Colony bars), which at the time was extremely dangerous and controlled by the Mafia. She produced posters and political documents, and photographed LGBTQI activist groups from the age of 17, when she joined the Gay Liberation Front (GLF). She appears with the sign "I am your worst fear / I am your best fantasy" in the famous image taken by photojournalist Diana Davies (b. 1938) in 1970 at the first gay and lesbian demonstration, Christopher Street Day in New York, celebrating the first anniversary of the Stonewall uprising. She met the photographer Joan E. Biren (JEB, born 1944) at the Black Panther Party convention to which Angela Davis had invited the GLF. JEB appears in many of D. Gottschalk's photographs at the time.

Galerie Sultana present works by Nanténé Traoré and Jesse Darling.
After studying literature, a DNAP at the Nantes School of Fine Arts, numerous trips and various professional experiences, Nanténé chose to devote himself to writing and photography, in parallel with his militant activities in the queer milieu.
Mixing texts and images, his numerous series of silver photographs oscillate between documentary traces of the environments he works with, and poetic journeys where multiple stories of love and life can be read.
He regularly collaborates with various feminist and queer collectives and magazines, around words or images.
AFTERPARTY, 2013
30,5 x 45,5 cm
ONE HUNDRED, 2018
25 x 30,5 cm
SKIN ROSARY, 2023
5 x 6,5cm
JUNE, 2018
17 x 21,5 cm
SI JE PORTE À MON COU, 2022
45 x 30 cm
L’ARCADIE
2022
30 x 45 cm
INSANITY AND THE CLATTER, 2021
15 x 10 cm
IMAGES OF DEVOTION (extrait de la série « Une page d’amour »)
2022
30 x 45 cm
J’AURAIS VÉCU SUR TERRE COMME ON VIT N’IMPORTE OÙ, 2021
20 x 30 cm
MAYBE WE’LL LET EACH OTHER KNOW
( extrait de la série “Une page d’amour” ), 2023
30 x 40 cm
FACE ME I FACE YOU (extrait de la série « Une page
d’amour »), 2022,
30 x 45 cm
NOUS VOYAGERONS LÉGER, 2022
20 x 30 cm
CLARITY, 2021
20 x 30 cm
LES GENS N’EXISTENT JAMAIS VRAIMENT CE SONT DES PERSONNAGES QUE
L’ON S’INVENTE (extrait de la série “Une page d’amour”), 2022
18 x 13 cm ,
C’EST UNE HISTOIRE DE CABANES
( extrait de la série “ Une page d’amour” ), 2022
20 x 30 cm,
PAR LA LUMIÈRE, 2021
20 x 30 cm
GHOSTRIDE (extrait de la série « Une page d’amour »), 2020
120 x 80 cm
LA BAIE (extrait de la série “Une page d’amour”), 2022
120 x 80 cm
JE VOULAIS JUSTE TE DEMANDER SI TU Y REPENSAIS TOI AUSSI, 2022
13 x 18 cm
BLISS, 2022
80 x 120 cm
MÉLINA TIMES TWO, 2022
105 x 70 cm
AU BOIS DORMANT, 2022
90 x 60 cm
LES VOYAGES IMMOBILES, 2020
60 x 90 cm
TU DORS À CÔTÉ DE MOI DANS UNE CHAMBRE
D’HÔTEL À PRAGUE , 2021
90 x 60 cm
LA NUIT T’ATTACHE À MOI, 2021
75 x 50 cm
TU BOIS PARFOIS L’OUBLI ( extrait de la série “Une page
d’amour” ), 2022,
70 x 105 cm
IMMENSITÀ, 2022
30 x 20 cm
HYPER NUIT, 2022
70 x 105 cm
SOMBRE REPTILE, 2020,
20 x 30 cm
Night Falls, 1968
8,5 x 6,5 cm
©AirdeParis
Socrates, 1968
10,7 x 8,5 cm
©AirdeParis
A Summer's Day, 1968
8,5 x 10,8 cm
©AirdeParis
MYLA IN CALIFORNIA, 1973
18,2 x 12 cm
©MarcelleAlix
HELAINE ON HER GIRLFRIEND’S LAP, PROVINCETOWN, 1974
31,15 x 20,4 cm
SLEEPERS, REVOLUTIONARY WOMEN’S CONFERENCE, LIMERICK, PA, 1970
Cadre/Frame : 58 x 73 cm
©MarcelleAlix
MYLA IN MARY’S DRESS, 16 YEARS OLD, SAN FRANCISCO, 1973
32 x 21 cm
©MarcelleAlix
MARY GOTTSCHALK, 1973
20,5 x 13,5 cm
©MarcelleAlix
SUE KATZ IN BIG CHAIR, SAN FRANCISCO 1973, 1973
21,2 x 32,1 cm
©MarcelleAlix
MAINE SELF-PORTRAIT, 1975
14 x 22 cm
©MarcelleAlix
MYLA GOTTSCHALK, AGE 12, E 9TH ST., NYC, 1969
11 x 17,2 cm
©MarcelleAlix
MYLA GOTTSCHALK AFTER TRANSITION
8,5 x 32 cm
©MarcelleAlix
MYLA, 16 YEARS OLD, 1973 SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, 1973
48,5 x 32 cm
©MarcelleAlix

MY ROOMATE CHRIS DURING TRANSITION, 1970
32,5 x 47
©MarcelleAlix
PRESS RELEASE:
Sultana Summer Set, Air de Paris et Marcelle Alix présentent l’exposition « Nous buvons le soleil », une partition intime où les photographies de Jesse Darling, Donna Gottschalk, Dorothy Iannone et Nanténé Traoré influenceront l'atmosphère d’un appartement idéal.
Sultana Summer Set, Arles. Ouvert du 30 juin au 26 août du mardi au samedi de 14h à 19h sur rendez-vous par téléphone ou arles@galeriesultana.com