Corinne and Patrick Soussana already run three galleries in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, in Neuchâtel, Geneva, and Villars-sur-Ollon. With the assistance of Gstaad habitué Inge Leutscher, they recently opened their fourth gallery, in the Saanenland. Samhart Gallery specialises in urban and contemporary art.

The current exhibition features established and young artists. Raphaël Laventure is a young French artist, whose sensual female portraits in broad strokes and punguent colours immediately attract attention. The portraits of Alexandre de Poplavsky, also French, may be less colourful but not lagging behind in intensity. The use of collage technique, finely structured lines, and gold foil gives them a refined look and makes the observer look for details.

The styles of the paintings and sculptures by artists such as Christophe Catelain, Miss Coco, Angelina Maia, and others blend in well together and provide a feast for the eyes that (almost) makes your eyes pop.

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