{"id":5941,"date":"2015-04-09T12:57:13","date_gmt":"2015-04-09T11:57:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissthedesign.ch\/wp\/?p=5941"},"modified":"2015-04-09T12:58:35","modified_gmt":"2015-04-09T11:58:35","slug":"matthieu-gafsou-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissthedesign.ch\/en\/matthieu-gafsou-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthieu Gafsou | Sacr\u00e9 | 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Matthieu GAFSOU, SACR\u00c9 Kissthedesign is pleased to present the exhibition Sacr\u00e9 by Matthieu Gafsou. The serie of photographs realized in 2012 within the Enqu\u00eate photographique fribourgeoise, explores the world and rituals of the catholic church. Matthieu Gafsou solo show at Kissthedesign gallery also presents his photographs about Le Corbusier’s architecture and influence in Firminy,\u00a0<\/strong>France<\/p>\n Matthieu Gafsou (*1981, CH\/F)<\/strong>\u00a0lives and works in Lausanne, Switzerland. [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_gallery type=”image_grid” interval=”3″ images=”5926,5929,5923,5932,5935,5920″ onclick=”link_image” custom_links_target=”_self” img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [vc_row bg_position=”tl” bg_repeat=”no-repeat” parallax_type=”tb” parallax_speed=”1″ bg_video_position=”top” bg_video_parallax=”none”][vc_column width=”1\/2″ icon_position=”left”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1428580599746{padding-right: 40px !important;}”] Matthieu GAFSOU, SACR\u00c9 Exhibition from may 17 to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":5927,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83],"tags":[323],"class_list":["post-5941","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-contemporary-art-design","tag-photography"],"yoast_head":"\n
\n<\/strong>Exhibition from may 17 to june 29 2013<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
\nMatthieu Gafsou delivers an investigation about the catholic church in Fribourg (CH) that is uncompromising, subjective as well as documentary. In a dichotomous movement between black and white, appears bright and inanimate architectural views in the purest style of the photographer and figures that embodie the church and its rituals represented in Caravaggio-like chiaroscuro.<\/p>\n
\nAfter university education (master’s degree in history and film aesthetics, philosophy and literature), he studied photography at the School of Applied Arts in Vevey (2006-2008).
\nSince 2006 he participated in numerous group and solo exhibitions in Europe and the United States. He received in the 2009 the famous “Prix de la fondation HSBC pour la photographie” and was selected in
\n2010 in the exhibition reGeneration2, organized by the Mus\u00e9e de l’Elys\u00e9e (Switzerland), which presents photographers of tomorrow’s coming from the whole world. He has published \u00abSurfaces\u00bb, Actes Sud, in 2009. \u00abAlpes\u00bb, 19\/80 Editions in 2012, and \u00abSacr\u00e9\u00bb, Idpure. Since 2012 he teaches at the University of Art and Design Lausanne (ECAL).<\/p>\n