f&d cartier

f&d cartier

Wait and See

March 5 - 30, 2014

Wait and See is a site-specific photographic installation uniquely created for Blue Sky's front gallery. For each iteration of this project, artists Françoise and Daniel Cartier use a variety of antique photo-sensitive papers that have never before been exposed to light to create an original composition within a particular exhibition space. Once the installation is unveiled, the natural and artificial light in the room alters the colors of the papers, with the intensity and duration of light exposure determining the gradation of hues and leaving behind visible patterns. Through this more abstract approach to photography, f&d cartier draw attention to the durational nature of the medium and the story that light can tell outside of the camera.  

Since 1995, Swiss artists Françoise and Daniel Cartier have worked collaboratively as f&d cartier to produce photographic works predominantly without the use of a camera. They have exhibited their work extensively in their native Switzerland as well as internationally in Argentina, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Macedonia, Mexico, Italy, and the United Kingdom. Their work is currently housed in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Musée de l'Elysée in Lausanne, Switzerland; Museet for Fotokunst in Odense, Denmark; Kunstsammlung F. Hoffman-LaRoche AG in Basel, Switzerland; and the Museum of Modern Art of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Following the publication of their monograph Roses (Niggli, 2006), f&d cartier released their newest book, Wait and See (Ffotogallery, 2013) in conjunction with their recent solo exhibition at Ffotogallery in Wales.