Artists: Fabienne Audéoud, Sarah Benslimane, Elise Corpataux, Gritli Faulhaber, Sophie Gogl, Jasmine Gregory, Nanami Hori, Tom Humphreys, Marc Kokopeli, Matthew Langan- Peck, Jannis Marwitz, Sophie Reinhold, Marta Riniker-Radich, Christophe de Rohan Chabot, Thomas Sauter, Grégory Sugnaux, SoiL Thornton, Amanda del Valle, Jiajia Zhang
Exhibition title: La réforme de Pooky
Curated by: Paolo Baggi, Nicolas Brulhart and Grégory Sugnaux
Venue: Fri Art Kunsthalle Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland
Date: February 19 – May 8, 2022
Photography: all images copyright and courtesy of the artists and Fri Art Kunsthalle Fribourg
Note: Exhibition booklet is available here
How do artists reflect on the conditions of our encounters with images today?
La réforme de Pooky answers this question with a joyfully chaotic exhibition of contemporary painting. It brings together recent works by 19 Swiss and international artists who, rather than offering a clear and transparent message, use painting to talk about the instability of our judgments, our assertions, and the confused relationships between the world, its objects and its affects.
In Friart, the artists insert themselves into the production of images through vulnerable commitments, steps of withdrawal and the voluntary exploration of dead ends. The exhibition presents itself as an unguarded observation with a shaky assurance. In the constant reflections of other perceptions, Pooky offers an open-ended whole instead of an organization of artworks in the transparent order of discourse.
With work of : Fabienne Audéoud, Sarah Benslimane, Elise Corpataux, Gritli Faulhaber, Sophie Gogl, Jasmine Gregory, Nanami Hori, Tom Humphreys, Marc Kokopeli, Matthew Langan-Peck, Jannis Marwitz, Sophie Reinhold, Marta Riniker-Radich, Christophe de Rohan Chabot, Thomas Sauter, Grégory Sugnaux, SoiL Thornton, Amanda del Valle, Jiajia Zhang.
The exhibition is curated by Paolo Baggi, Nicolas Brulhart, Grégory Sugnaux.
Marc Kokopeli, Elly 2003-2018, 2022. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg.
Marc Kokopeli, Elly 2003-2018 (détail), 2022. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
SoiL Thornton, Labor Cont(r)act (assisted) (Friart Kunsthalle), 2022, 2022. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Nanami Hori, Harpy the cephalopod, 2020. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Exhibition view, La réforme de Pooky, 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Exhibition view, La réforme de Pooky, 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Elise Corpataux, #1 Lucky that my breasts are small, 2021. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Elise Corpataux, #1 Lucky that my breasts are small (detail), 2021. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Exhibition view, La réforme de Pooky, 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Jjajia Zhang, Beautiful Mistakes (after LB), 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Jjajia Zhang, Beautiful Mistakes (after LB) (detail), 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Gritli Faulhaber, Chronic State of Becoming (4), 2022. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Gritli Faulhaber, Chronic State of Becoming (4) (detail), 2022. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Exhibition view, La réforme de Pooky, 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Grégory Sugnaux, Sylvester, 2022. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Grégory Sugnaux, Sylvester (détail), 2022. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Exhibition view, La réforme de Pooky, 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Exhibition view, La réforme de Pooky, 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Exhibition view, La réforme de Pooky, 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Sophie Reinhold, MENACE (C) (détail), 2021. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Jasmine Gregory, Loosy Luicy Apple Juice, 2021. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Exhibition view, La réforme de Pooky, 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Jannis Marwitz, Untilted, 2021. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Jannis Marwitz, Untilted, 2021. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Exhibition view, La réforme de Pooky, 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Installation view, Fabienne Audéoud, 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Installation view, Fabienne Audéoud, 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Fabienne Audéoud, Brown Paintings (book edition), 2022. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Installation view, Amanda del Valle, 2021-2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Amanda del Valle, Alice Game, 2022. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Amanda del Valle, Purity, 2021. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Nanami Hori, 触発, 2019. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Exhibition view, La réforme de Pooky, 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Thomas Sauter, touch-and-go, 2021. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Matthew Langan-Peck, 4 Baskets 5, 2021. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Exhibition view, La réforme de Pooky, 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Installation view, Marta Riniker-Radich, 2020, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Exhibition view, La réforme de Pooky, 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Exhibition view, La réforme de Pooky, 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Tom Humphreys, Jewels, 2021-2022. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Christophe de Rohan Chabot, Untilted (Crypto Face), 2022. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Exhibition view, La réforme de Pooky, 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Sophie Gogl, flowers, 2021. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Sophie Gogl, there is a bird in my studio the bird is not me (detail), 2021. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Sarah Benslimane, 5 fois 4 dans tes yeux, 2021. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Sarah Benslimane, 5 fois 4 dans tes yeux, 2021. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Marc Kokopeli, Elly 2003-2018 (extract), 2022. Courtesy the artist
Marc Kokopeli, Elly 2003-2018 (extract), 2022. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Jjajia Zhang, Beautiful Mistakes (after LB) (detail), 2022, Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg. Photo Guillaume Python, Courtesy Kunsthalle Friart Fribourg
Jjajia Zhang, Beautiful Mistakes (after LB) Courtesy the artist