Exhibition at Galerie Jean-Jacques Hofstetter

Major group exhibition to mark the 50th anniversary of the Atelier-Galerie Jean-Jacques Hofstetter.
Some twenty artists exhibit their works on this occasion.
On June 27, 1975, Jean-Jacques Hofstetter held his first exhibition in his jeweller's workshop on rue de la Samaritaine in Fribourg's Lower Town. He was 23 years old, and the idea was to liven up his creative space and meet potential customers. At the time, he had no idea that he would be setting up a gallery. It was also in 1975 that he joined the Groupe mouvement. With the other artists in the group, he organized the small-format exhibition Noël Shop at the end of the year. This meeting and group show launched the life of the gallery.
50 years later, Jean-Jacques Hofstetter has organized 333 exhibitions, first at La Samaritaine 22, then at La Samaritaine 21 and 22, and finally at rue des Epouses, from 2003 onwards.
Among the artists exhibiting from May 24 to July 12, all have shown at one or more of these venues.
Throughout the year, other artists promoted by Jean-Jacques Hofstetter over the years exhibit in the gallery. In all, seven exhibitions mark this anniversary year.
Jean-Jacques Hofstetter has always been driven by passion, exhibiting his favorites from near and far. Painters, sculptors, photographers, ceramists, glass-makers, paper-cutters... have all graced the gallery's walls in a diversity that reflects the gallerist's tastes. An artistic identity has emerged, exhibition after exhibition. L'Atelier-Galerie has supported abstraction, while also highlighting figurative art when it was sufficiently contemporary.
Jean-Jacques Hofstetter has managed to keep his gallery going for 50 years, completely independently. To achieve this, alongside his work as a gallery owner, he has never stopped creating his own works, jewelry and sculptures, and giving jewelry courses. It is the combination of these three activities - his three pillars - that makes his career so unique and explains his longevity.


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