Brushing against the limits of what is showable, through four feminine lenses. Galerie C in Neuchâtel shows what we don’t want to see or no longer want to see. The “I Am an Outlaw” exhibition displays photographs by four female artists from all walks of life from January 16 to January 1is March. “This exhibition started from an observation,” explains Christian Egger, director of Galerie C: “We see in the news that we are regressing in many freedoms: the right to voluntary pregnancy intervention in the United States. United for example or the rights of LGBTQIA+ people in Eastern countries. » “I am an outlaw” shows that we often have to go through the outlaw box when we want to defend the rights and freedoms that we think are right. “Being an outlaw means daring to react,” says Christian Egger.
Censorship and reflection on what we show and what we do not show are at the heart of this exhibition. The images are not shocking and are intended to be gentle. “They make us think,” explains Christian Egger.
Four looks of women
The director chose four women for this exhibition. This is no coincidence. “Sometimes, women are more courageous to defend their rights,” explains Christian Egger, giving the example of the student who appeared in her underwear in front of the University of Tehran in November 2024.
In her images, American photographer Maude Arsenault shows the female body. Often sexualized by the male gaze, the woman’s body is raw in the artist’s photographs. It gives back to femininity its self-determination and its subjectivity, a way for women to reclaim their body as well as their image.
Through the lens of the artist Alexandra Catières, winner of the Camera Clara Prize in 2024, black and white portraits. Through Belarusian, French and American perspectives, the photographer seeks a sort of universal. Emotions that connect us all: pain, sadness and death.
Sara Kontar, a Syrian photographer, documents the lives of women who fled the war in her country. How they create a new home for themselves, far from their roots. In particular by ritualizing the act of cutting your hair.
Last woman behind the lens of this exhibition: the Ukrainian Katherine Turczan. His photographs show Ukrainian youth from the 90s to 2000. The portraits of adolescents and children show those forgotten by collective traumas such as Chernobyl and the fall of the Soviet Union. These photos today particularly echo the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
The opening of this exhibition will take place on Thursday January 16 at Galerie C in Neuchâtel from 6 p.m. Saturday, January 25, a gospel concert is on the program, and a guided tour of the exhibition will be organized on February 12 at 6 p.m. /crb
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