Olivier MOSSET
- 2025-11-25This new chapter unfolds as the artist, Olivier Mosset, deepens his exploration of chameleon paint, driven by the urge to push the limits of perception and material. After months of experimentation, observing how the pigments react to light, testing multiple layers on various surfaces, refining each gesture, we reached a point where technique and material merge into a single, fluid language. What emerged is the result of persistence, precision, and the exceptional expertise of all our partners involved at every stage of the process. Empowered by Mosset’s trust and motivated by the desire to innovate, Symetria continues to expand. A dedicated focus on advanced processes and special editions is now taking shape, reinforcing our commitment to ambitious and pioneering projects.
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- 2025-02-17Established in 1998, Hebel_121 is an art space located at Hebelstrasse 121 in Basel, Switzerland. The Gallery offers artists the opportunity to engage directly with the exhibition space, encouraging the development of site-specific works in the showroom. The venue is unique in that it showcases art both day and night, with large street-facing windows ensuring continuous public visibility of the exhibits. In an upcoming event, Atelier Symetria Édition will present an exhibition at Hebel_121, adding to the gallery’s dynamic program and reinforcing its role in Basel’s contemporary art scene. Over the years, Hebel_121 has featured a diverse range of international artists, contributing to the city’s vibrant cultural landscape.
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- 2025-02-13Tucson, April 2022. A Vietnam War helicopter at the aviation museum with this design painted on its nose. The same design appears on a wall in this Tucson neighborhood, where many homeless people, sometimes former soldiers, roam the streets with their belongings under often scorching heat. Kurtz—that’s the name of the dissident colonel, Marlon Brando in Apocalypse Now. This painting is for him, for them. Symetria was truly drawn to this project. We have a strong connection to Tucson and are particularly sensitive to the themes of "Apocalypse Now", which resonate deeply with us. This affinity naturally led to a collaboration with Jean-Baptiste on an edition project, expanding on the original work. We recently met to refine the vision and define the next steps, and we’re excited to see it come to life soon.
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- 2025-01-03Since 2012, the St-Hilaire Gallery has been presenting solo exhibitions by Swiss and international artists who hold a recognized position in the field of concrete/constructed art and its contemporary development. Its commitment to promoting and supporting artists working within this aesthetic and intellectual movement aligns with the philosophy and achievements of our studio SYMETRIA, based in Saint-Louis, France. This unique exhibition, the result of a collaboration between a gallery and a publisher, seeks to push boundaries by inviting French artists to French-speaking Switzerland and by showcasing the publishing work that SYMETRIA studio carries out with Swiss artists.
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- 2023-09-11This journey begins when Oliver’s desire to work and to create new artworks using chameleon painting. After several months of research and development, by studying different techniques and paints, by testing on many surfaces and materials, we identified the combination of technique and materials for optimal and astonishing result. The success is also due to the incredible know-how and professional of our partners at every step of this project. this research path resulted in two major projects : a 6 pack and a set of two large diamond paintings. Driven by Oliver Mosset’s confidence and the desire to innovate, Symetria studio has reached a new level. In order to take on these new challenges our studio is going further, by creating a new department dedicated to special projects and unique artworks. More a coming soon, stay tuned !
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- 2022-11-17It is with a shared plastic sensibility that John M. Armlder and Symetria conceived and produced the piece "light my fire". This work reveals by its technical and pictorial characteristics, an outcome of the status of the work of art both by its perception and its apprehension. Is there really a boundary between art and decor, outside and inside ? Through this filter and just as through a mirror, do we really perceive the fluctuation of bodies and ideas through the capricious moods of time and history? Here are the few questions that we wanted to materialize by creating, together, this solar, luminous and precious edition.
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