mitterrand + sanz / contemporary art
artists | exhibitions | artists news | art fairs | contact
 
les freres chapuisat
images | bio | biblio | press releases
 
The Opening: 06-07/2008

 
Gregory born 1972 and Cyril 1976
They live and work in situ.

We both received an artistic education abroad for a number of years before ending up in Geneva in 2001, where our contrasting experiences led us to develop an interest in spatial studies. Our constructions transform space, turning interior and exterior boundaries inside out and toying with the perception of a subjective reality. They demand visitors’ active participation, putting them into the position of being an explorer. These environments break down visual and intellectual habits, testing the explorers and obliging them to trust in their senses. Often compared to cocoons or burrows, these installations harbour striking powers. They provoke ambiguous emotional reactions in visitors, like dreams which mingle curiosity, surprise and discomfort.

Upcoming shows

2011
Ceramic House, Eternal Tour, Las Vegas, USA
Soon in Paris, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris
La chambre forte, Le des Forêts, Fresnes-au-Mont, France
Territoires, Bex-Art, Bex, Switzerland
Retour de fragmentation, FACM, Meyrin, Switzerland
Zentral, Kunsthalle Luzern, Switzerland

Solo & Duo shows

2010
Avant-post, CAN, Neuchatel, Switzerland
Nostalgia little Mutant. Czarna Gallery. Warsaw. Poland
“Probe“, Far, Nyon, Switzerland
Stratum. Le Parvis. Tarbes. France
Sans transition. Substitut. Berlin. Germany

2009
“Fragmentation rayonnante d’un esprit errant“, Mitterrand + Sanz / Contemporary Art, Zürich
“Jumping Bean”, FIAC, Paris, France
“Concept aventure 6% de conquête environ”, La Box Bourges, France

2008
“Destruction créatrice”, Wartesaal, Perla-Mode, Zürich
“Trembling hand perfect equilibrium”, In Situ, Paris, France
“Bilocation”, LES Gallery, Vancouver, Canada

2007
“No Place Like Home”, Stadtgalerie, Bern

2006
“To Infinity, and Beyond!”, Lucy Mackintosh Gallery, Lausanne
“Un rien négatif”, Salle Crosnier, Geneva

2005
“Hyperespace”, Neue Kunsthalle, St.Gallen

2004
“Get Down”, Anneusual, Basel

Group shows

2010
Liste 15, Centre Culturel Suisse Paris, Art Fair, Basel, Switzerland
“Drôles de lieux“, Musée jurassien des Arts, Moutier, Switzerland
Three Years, Mitterrand+Sanz, Zurich
“Passanten ’10 – Pods“, Fundament Foundation, Tilburg, Netherlands
Living Rooms. Le Château. Chamarande. France

2009
“Made in China”, Kunstmuseum, Bern
“Erratique”, Eternal Tour, CAN, Musée d’ethnographie, Neuchâtel
“Autoportrait”, Swiss Art Awards, Basel
“L’incomplétude permanente de la vie”, Estuaire 09, Nantes, Saint Nazaire, France
“Concept aventure 25% de mélancolie”, La Box, Bourges, France
“Shifting Identities – [Swiss] Art Now”, Contemporary Art Center, Vilnius, Lithuania
“Acclimatation”, La Villa Arson, Nice, France

2008
“Shifting Identities – [Swiss] Art Now”, Kunsthaus, Zürich
“The Why of Life”, Swiss Institute, New York, USA

2007
“Cryptomnesia”, Le Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, France
“Cellules dormantes”, Swiss Art Awards, Basel
“Push and Pull”, Kunsthalle & Allan Kaprow, Bern
“Métamorphose d’impact”, Le Crédac & Attitudes, Paris, France

2006
“r.a.s.. ”, on the street, geneva
“Intra-muros”, Swiss Art Awards. Basel

2005
“Il n’y a que l’inaccessible qui vaille la peine”, La Villa Bernasconi, Geneva

2004
“Trash & Treasure”, Centre d’art en l’île, Geneva

2003
“Nature morte”, A-zero Art Space, Geneva