Open every day From November to March: 10 a.m. - 4.30 p.m. From April to October: 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.	!!! Attention: this exhibition is over. Jean-Claude Mathier - Photographic compositions of the castle From the 11th of February until the 7th of May 2006 For over a year now, the photographer Jean-Claude Mathier’s main interest has been the Castle of Gruyères. He captures the site from all possible angles and then transforms his photographs on computer. This resulting in an exhibition of over fifty pieces. His compositions are surprising in their poetry, inventivness and humour. With their formal density and chromatic games, they call to the spectator. Close to a surrealist form, these images dim the boundaries between dream and reality and reset the imaginary of the castle. Jean-Claude Mathier was born in 1949 in Switzerland, from 1966 he studies at “l’école des Arts et Métiers” (school of Arts and Crafts) in Vevey and carries out different work placements in photo studios. In 1969-70, he continues his training at the "Beaux-Arts" in Paris. Traveller of the world and of cultures, curious of new techniques, he never stops to enrich his artistic development. Today, he works and lives in Gumefens, near the lake Gruyère.