Galerie Claire Gastaud | Paris
Anne-Sophie Emard , France
"La flûtiste borgne"
Anne-Sophie Emard, La flûtiste borgne, 2025, Tirages Cibachrome sous diasec, châssis affleurant chêne teinté ciré noir, Diptyque, 45cm x 30cm et 85cm x 70cm, Courtesy de l'artiste et Galerie Claire Gastaud
Galerie Claire Gastaud is delighted to present the first solo exhibition in Paris by photographer and filmmaker Anne-Sophie Emard. The works presented were specially produced for the exhibition during a residency in January 2025.
La Flûtiste borgne is both the title of this exhibition and that of one of the photographs presented. Inspired by a 16th-century painting by Marc Duval in the Louvre, the photographic work offers a feminine version, subtly shifting genders and eras. In this new series, each photograph combines landscapes and studio settings. References to cinema and painting merge into a new space, blurring the boundary between memory and invention. One eye open to the world, one eye closed inward: this oscillation is at the heart of this new photographic series, which undoubtedly stems from a parenthesis for the artist, who has devoted herself to filmmaking in recent years. At times, the image overflows the frame and becomes embodied in real space through props or objects – a stone extracted from a landscape, a glass of whisky that seems to have escaped from the photograph. The aim is not to represent, but to reveal what stands on the edge of the visible, in that zone of indecision where forms vacillate and the gaze, by dint of insistence, ends up touching the unknown. Anne-Sophie Emard’s universe has always been at the crossroads of cinema, photography and painting. She has made her mark on the contemporary art scene with her unique vision and treatment of images. A visual artist and director, her first film “F comme fleuve” won the SCAM prize for institutional work in 2020. In 2012, David Lynch selected her photographic work for his book “Paris Photo vu par David Lynch”. In 2003, she began a regular cycle of residencies abroad with the Institut Français in Montreal. Supported by a number of organizations and institutions, she returned to her early years of scientific study, exploring the role of images in the fight against climate change through a cycle of research and creation that I have named “Climat cinéma”. His work has been exhibited in major institutions in France, Europe and Asia.
Solo show of Anne-Sophie Emard
From April 9th to May 25th, 2025
The gallery
Galerie Claire Gastaud has 3 spaces:
-In Paris, in the Marais district near the Centre Pompidou, a space dedicated to curatorial projects, regularly giving international artists and curators “carte blanche”.
-The historic space in Clermont-Ferrand (opposite FRAC Auvergne, between the Ministry of Culture and the Cathedral), dedicated to major museum exhibitions and featuring an underground space, regularly taken over by artists for performances, encounters or the creation of in situ works.
- Every summer, the gallery presents a major monographic exhibition at the Château de la Trémolière (Cantal) and welcomes artists in residence.
Since it opened in 1986, Galerie Claire Gastaud has established itself as one of France's most influential art galleries. The programming is inspired by the interference of generations, mediums and nationalities. The gallery's commitment to artists is protean, based on a rhizome-like dissemination of contemporary art, and particularly committed to women artists.
Among the most emblematic exhibitions in the 1980s-90s: Chu Teh Chun, Rémi Blanchard, Erro, Dennis Oppenheim, Jacques de la Villeglé, Riopelle, Claude Viallat. 2000s to present: Henni Alftan, Tania Mouraud, Georges Rousse, Nils-Udo, Henri Cueco, Roland Cognet, Frank Stella, Alain Josseau, Delphine Gigoux-Martin, Jean-Charles Eustache, MC Mitout, Erik Schmidt, MC Mitout, Vladimir Skoda, Milène Sanchez, Natacha Lesueur, Judith Grassl, Coraline de Chiara, Bertrand Gadenne, Anne Sophie Emard, Antoine+Manuel.
Gallery artists
Rémi Blanchard, Coraline de Chiara, Roland Cognet, Henri Cueco, Léo Dorfner, Anne-Sophie Emard, Jean-Charles Eustache, Bertrand Gadenne, Delphine Gigoux-Martin, Judith Grassl, Alain Josseau, Kriki, Natacha Lesueur, MC Mitout, Tania Mouraud, Nils-Udo, Georges Rousse, Milène Sanchez, Erik Schmidt, Vladimir Skoda
