ART INTERNATIONAL ZURICH 2011

STG Art

STG Art is a contemporary fine art gallery whose flagship space in St. Tropez, France, has been operating since 2007. Encompassing curating, art advisory, and event planning, we offer a full-service and hands-on approach that extends beyond the traditional gallery's role and scope.

Diver and the Rocks by Laurent Elie Badessi

Laurent Badessi's photographs feature human bodies transformed into enigmatic creatures - figures which appear to be both tied to and yet attempting to break free from their natural environments. Either mimicking or contrasting with their settings (always barren landscapes detached from reality), the images highlight the visual tension between the human form and the earth, two bodies which are intrinsically connected yet ultimately disparate. Underlying everything is a robustness and vibrancy for life, as well as an electrically alive sexuality, which is often in contrast with the dead space.

Namibian Sand Houses by Richard Ehrlich

Richard Ehrlich's shifting Namibian sands portray what appears to be a manufactured dream world but is, in actuality, a real-life location. In a space, which remains virtually impossible for outsiders to visit, nature has triumphed over humanity and the present day collides with what appears to be a specter from the past. A man-built colony contends with ever-moving sands, which through their intrusion of the home have in essence become the town's new builder or creative force, determining a new physicality and design for the space and proving that the landscape itself has the power to become the artist.

STG ART, St. Tropez / France, 2011