06.27.2024-09.14.2024
Vernissage le jeudi 27 juin
de 17h à 20h
SALUTATION
group show
Artists
Pascal Berthoud, Eline Botta, Carine Bovey, Raphaële de Broissia, Amélie Ducommun, Tami Ichino, Aurélie Pétrel, Sofia Yeganeh
This summer, GOWEN is delighted to unveil Salutation, a group presentation featuring works from a range of artists, both local and international who are either represented by, have collaborated with or are invited by the gallery. In a double play on meaning, the show’s title honours the high point of the year, a time of freshness and abundance and an homage to nature, or to universal rhythms. It also alludes to the gesture or expression of a greeting, between individuals, or the seeing in of a new exchange.
Like a coming and going, selected works by other artists will be introduced over the course of the exhibition.
The presentation opens with a collection of pieces more akin to the lyrical, gestural style of abstract expressionism, later giving way to works which embody the principles of geometric abstraction or even figuration. Spanning an array of materials and forms, several of the artists turn to botanical or natural elements, while others offer abstract interpretations relating to imaginary universes, or notions of memory evoking the cyclical or seasonal aspect of existence. Other compositions which explore the body, or its representations mingle amongst floral landscapes in a show which becomes a meeting place for artistic dialogue, association, and experimentation.
installation view © Julien Gremaud