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Tobias Gutmann

For Tobias Gutmann, drawing is a way of thinking. Line by line, movement, breath and presence form a vocabulary shaped through encounters with thousands of people and years of sustained practice. In La Chaux-de-Fonds, this practice meets a language already written into the city: Style Sapin, the ornament of cones, branches and plants born here in the early 20th century. Gutmann lets these forms grow anew by hand, a living response rather than a citation. Sève, the sap that carries life through roots, branches and blossoms alike, gives the series its name and pulse. Along Boulevard Léopold-Robert, a series of flags unfolds, accompanying those who pass: forms that feel both familiar and new, each shaped by a single, unrepeatable gesture.