Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg

Delphine Coindet, Elodie Amet, Vincent Beaurin, Sarah Charlesworth, François Kohler

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Gang Warily!

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François Kholer, Positif/Négatif, 2008. Photo: Dominique Uldry

Not to be where you are expected, this seems to be Delphine Coindet’s motto; and for this artist who recently moved to Lausanne, a key figure in the young French art scene, it is probably beneficial as well as great fun to get away from these categorizations that latch onto nothing but the “virtual” dimension to her sculptures and the unreality of their smooth surfaces.

There are two parts to the show, one in the form of a solo exhibition, the other being a presentation of four artists brought together by Delphine Coindet, not in any theme-related order, but rather as the photograph of a set of converging correspondences, filiations or influences being played out in the artist’s immediate environment.

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François Kholer, Positif/Négatif, 2008. Photo: Dominique Uldry

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Chausse-Trappes, 2008. Photo: Dominique Uldry

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Chausse-Trappes, 2008. Photo: Dominique Uldry

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Chausse-Trappes, 2008. Photo: Dominique Uldry

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Chausse-Trappes, 2008. Photo: Dominique Uldry

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Chausse-Trappes, 2008. Photo: Dominique Uldry

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Delphine Coindet, Pecker, 2007. Photo: Dominique Uldry

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Delphine Coindet, Composition I, 2008. Photo: Dominique Uldry