However, in the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in the city of Paris and the Center Pompidou, Achiam's work has remained confidential in France. Anxious to highlight forgotten or unrecognized artists, the antique dealer Olivier Franquet exposes a dozen works of the Franco-Israeli sculptor entrusted by his widow Odile. On the occasion of the FIAC, "Achiam, vitality: raw and soft forms", an unprecedented exhibition at Paul Bert Serpette shows the richness of the work of the Franco-Israeli sculptor who disappeared ten years ago. Born in 1916 in a small village in Galilee, Achiam discovers sculpture in prison when, young Communist activist, he is interned by the English. With a nail he traces, scratches, digs the wall of his cell, creating figures, "kinds of naive bas-reliefs." Arrived in Europe in 1947, he quickly went to Paris where he frequented the artistic milieu of Montparnasse: Brancusi, Zadkine and Dubuffet who made him a member of the company of Art Brut are among the founding encounters. From the 50s to the 2000s, Achiam will not cease to reveal the infinite softness of the stone. Limestone, alabaster, granite, lava and even wood give life to biblical, maternal and humanistic images in a happy alliance of simplicity and density. "Beyond the anecdote," Achiam said of his sculptures, "most of them are symbols of deep and eternal feelings, translated plastically into stone or wood. "