THE FROZEN LAKE*
a contemporary Gallery
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The Frozen Lake regularly organizes events. The artists are present at the openings and very often they give a performance or a conference in addition to the guided tour of their exhibition.
The gallery is open every day during the opening week of the Rencontres de la Photographie in July, as well as during other highlights of Arlesian life. Exhibitions always remain visible by appointment.
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* that’s what “le lac gele” means
Since 2021 in Arles
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It was while settling in Arles that I discovered photography and became an artist. I have been living in a sixteenth-century house in the Hauture district for a long time now, just a few steps from the Arena, and have hosted many artist and photographer friends, as if this place was already intended to show images.
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In 2021, following the closure of Voies Off, which had always been my gallery, and after the confinements linked to Covid, I felt the need to open my house during the Rencontres d’Arles Festival. I exhibited the “Island of the Gods”, a project that I had never shown in Arles
I took a liking to the exercise and decided to carry on hosting exhibitions. I like to invite artists and organise the exhibition of their work with them. It is also sometimes an opportunity to show my own work.
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At the beginning of 2022, my friend Jacques Lafont, founder of the Nimes gallery “le lac gele” decided to retire. He closed his gallery in Nîmes and kindly offered me the name, which I had always found infinitely poetic.
From now on, my ephemeral gallery will be called “le lac gele” (the frozen lake).
Richard Petit | director and founder
Between 2008 and 2022, the Frozen Lake Gallery has exhibited all these artists under the direction of Jacques Lafont in Nîmes:
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