Un monde plus silencieux: Jan Gulfoss & Etienne Viard
Past exhibition
Overview
Echo Fine Arts is proud to present "Un Monde plus silencieux", featuring photographs by multidisciplinary artist Jan Gulfoss alongside steel sculptures by Etienne Viard in a pop-up solo show located in the heart of Saint Tropez.
We will also be happy to welcome you August 24th for a cocktail in presence of the artists, from 5:30 until 8:30pm.
Location: Lavoir Vasserot, 1, Rue Joseph Quaranta, Saint Tropez
Opening hours:
- Thursday 19.08 : 4pm - 9pm
- Friday 20.08 - Tuesday 24.08 : 9:30am - 9pm
- Wednesday 25.08 : 9:30am - 4pm
For those of you who can't attend, we invite you to visit the online exhibition featuring Jan Gulfoss' photographs until September 23rd.
Installation Views
Press release
For its first pop-up ewhibition, Echo Fine Arts is proud to present "Un Monde plus silencieux", featuring photographs by multidisciplinary artist Jan Gulfoss alongside steel sculptures by Etienne Viard in a pop-up exhibition located in the heart of Saint Tropez.
Born in the Netherlands before moving to France at the age of 16, Jan Gulfoss is an explorer both artistically and scientifically speaking. Following his encounter with the monk Mathieu Ricard in 2011, Gulfoss decided to create his own "Plea For Animals" and subsequently developed his visual arts practice, both painting and photography. Revisiting the classic studio portrait, he places his model in front of a painted background evoking the animal's natural habitat. However, at second glance, the image dissolves to reveal the subterfuge; a door, a light bulb, a glare on a window, unveil to our subconsciousness the frailty of what we had hoped to see. Gulfoss' photographs force us to reevaluate the way we apprehend the place of animals and by extension, our own positioning within a global ecosystem.
Defining himself as a « Steel Sculptor », French artist Etienne Viard uses Corten steel in order to highlight the symbiosis that occurs between the artwork and its environment through the superficial rust. Whether created for indoor or outdoor display, his sculptures present a range of contradictory gestures, such as protruding shapes or chinks which are monumental signs redefining the space around them. The dialogue hence created between the sculpture and its environment is also given an additional rhythm through the introduction of the zenital light in situ, consequently reinterpreting the variations of a répertoire today considered as classic.
Works
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Etienne ViardCroisées, 2018steel88 x 46 x 21 cm
34 5/8 x 18 1/8 x 8 1/4 inCourtesy of Echo Fine ArtsCopyright The Artist -
Etienne ViardEntaille, 2020steel, black patina54 x 18 cm
21 1/4 x 7 1/8 in -
Etienne ViardHaïku , 2020steel
acier26 x 12 x 12 cm
10 1/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4 in -
Etienne ViardNogus, 2020AcierCourtesy of Echo Fine ArtsCopyright The Artist
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Etienne ViardTrapèze, 2020Steel with a brown patina
Acier patiné62 x 28 x 9 cm
24 3/8 x 11 1/8 x 3 1/2 inCourtesy of Echo Fine ArtsCopyright The Artist -
Etienne ViardAltea 2, 2021Steel with a black patina
Acier, patine noire90 x 55 x 40 cm
35 3/8 x 21 5/8 x 15 3/4 inCourtesy of Echo Fine ArtsCopyright The Artist -
Etienne ViardPluie noire, 2021Steel, black patina
Acier, patine noire
34 x 49 x 12 cm
13 3/8 x 19 1/4 x 4 3/4 inCourtesy of Echo Fine ArtsCopyright The Artist -
Etienne ViardEnserrée, c. 2015steel, black patina78 x 20 x 20 cm
30 3/4 x 7 7/8 x 7 7/8 inCourtesy of Echo Fine ArtsCopyright The Artist -
Etienne ViardSix Lames Horizontalessteel, black patina20.5 x 43 x 17 cm
8 1/8 x 16 7/8 x 6 3/4 inCourtesy of Echo Fine ArtsCopyright The Artist -
Etienne ViardVegetalAcier, patine noire
Steel, black patina49 x 20 x 14 cm
19 1/4 x 7 7/8 x 5 1/2 inCourtesy of Echo Fine ArtsCopyright The Artist -
Jan GulfossAgave, c. 2013-2016Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper72 x 108 cm
28 3/8 x 42 1/2 in
framed/encadré: 91 x 127.5 cm | 35 7/8 x 50 1/4 inEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Jan GulfossDeux baleines, c. 2013-2016Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper72 x 108 cm
28 3/8 x 42 1/2 inEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Jan GulfossDeux flamants roses, c. 2013-2016Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper72 x 108 cm
28 3/8 x 42 1/2 inEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Jan GulfossDeux léopards, c. 2013-2016Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper138 x 225 cm
54 3/8 x 88 5/8 inEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Jan GulfossElephant portrait, c. 2013-2016Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper34.5 x 34.5 cm
13 5/8 x 13 5/8 in
framed/encadré: 51.5 x 51.5 cm | 20 1/4 x 20 1/4 inEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Jan GulfossGibbons devant un décor, 2015Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper72 x 108 cm
28 3/8 x 42 1/2 in
framed/encadré: 91 x 127.5 cm | 35 7/8 x 50 1/4 inEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Jan GulfossGrue couronnée sur une scène, c. 2013-2016Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper125 x 150 cm
49 1/4 x 59 1/8 inEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Jan GulfossHippopotame et aigrette, 2014Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper72 x 108 cm
28 3/8 x 42 1/2 inEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Jan GulfossJungle Skull, c. 2013-2016Archival pigment print on canvas72 x 108 cm
28 3/8 x 42 1/2 in
framed/encadré: 97 x 133 cm | 38 1/4 x 52 3/8 inEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Jan GulfossLionceau devant une vitrine et Ampoule, c. 2013-2016Archival pigment print, Diasec40 x 60 cm
15 3/4 x 23 5/8 inEdition of 10 -
Jan GulfossCouple de lions, 2015Archival pigment print, Diasec40 x 60 cm
15 3/4 x 23 5/8 inEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Jan GulfossOurs Polaire, c. 2013-2016Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper38.5 x 58.5 cm
15 1/8 x 23 1/8 in
framed/encadré: 61 x 81 cm | 24 1/8 x 31 7/8 inEdition of 10 -
Jan GulfossPaon de Nuit, 2014Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper105 x 150 cm
41 3/8 x 59 1/8 inEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Jan GulfossRequin Blanc, 2017Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper38.5 x 58.5 cm
15 1/8 x 23 1/8 in
framed/encadré: 61 x 81 cm | 24 1/8 x 31 7/8 inEdition of 10 -
Jan GulfossRhinoceros de Dürer, c. 2013-2016Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper105 x 160 cm
41 3/8 x 63 inEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Jan GulfossSumatra Tiger, c. 2013-2016Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper34.5 x 34.5 cm
13 5/8 x 13 5/8 in
framed/encadré: 51.5 x 51.5 cm | 20 1/4 x 20 1/4 inEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Jan GulfossTigre et ampoule, c. 2013-2016Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper110 x 135 cm
43 1/4 x 53 1/8 in
framed/encadré: 136 x 163 cm | 53 1/2 x 64 1/8 inEdition of 10 plus 2 artist's proofs -
Jan GulfossZebres de Grevy devant un Décor, 2016Archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper100 x 150 cm
39 3/8 x 59 1/8 inEdition of 10
