La Chaux-de-Fonds – Matthieu Gafsou

Galerie Eric Mouchet is pleased to present for its inaugural exhibition La Chaux-de-Fonds by Matthieu Gafsou from 21 October – 22 November 2014.

Born in 1981, Matthieu Gafsou is a Swiss photographer working in series. His sharp eye captures and unveils both the beauty and the uglyness of his landscapes and portraits. Close to drawings, the photographs suspend time and they color its subjects with an oneiric touch.

Started in 2009, the “La Chaux-de-Fonds” series was the fruit of his time as artist in residence invited by the Swiss town in the Jura where Cendrars and Le Corbusier were born. Wandering aimlessly in the streets of La Chaux-de-Fonds, Matthieu Gafsou shot highly constructed images, sometimes funny, always bizarre. Photographs in which the disturbing strangeness resist to his fresh and perceptive eye.

In 2012, Eric Mouchet, an expert on Le Corbusier’s drawing works, discovered Matthieu Gafsou’s photos during the exhibition L’Expérience de la ville at the Musée des Beaux Arts of La Chaux-de-Fonds. For its inaugural exhibition, Galerie Eric Mouchet will show “La Chaux-de-Fonds” by Matthieu Gafsou with the participation of Galerie C in Neuchâtel.