Permanent works
Over the years, Art Môtiers has seen works by artists such as Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who although intended to be just passing through, became part of the Môtiers landscape. Over time, they have asserted their presence, slowly fading away and disappearing as the village had changed.
As a result, you will find below a list of the works that have been preserved over the years, still accessible to the eye or the imagination, sometimes on the verge of disappearing into nature and never entirely easy to spot.
Ombres ailées et traces, 1985 (Regional Museum - Offered by Môtiers 85) Location: In the courtyard of the Mascarons
L'archange, 1985 (Municipal collection - Offered by Môtiers 85) Location: Rue Centrale, in front of the temple
Taurus, 1985 (Municipal collection) Location: In the corner of the Regional Museum
Untitled, 1985 (Private collection) Location: In the garden of Clos-du-Terreau 6
Order - Disorder, 1985 (Regional Museum - Offered by Môtiers 85) Location: Garden behind the Val-de-Travers Regional Museum
Untitled, 2003 (Public domain) Location: Chemin de l'Arnel (Disappeared over the years)
Fresco, 1995 (Private collection) Location: On the wall of the garage before the Crincinière bridge (Some traces remain)
Objet-trait, 1995 (Private collection) Location: In the garden of Clos-du-Terreau 6
Mascarons, 1995 (Regional Museum - Offered by Môtiers 95) Location: In the courtyard of the Mascarons
Untitled (Toblerones), 2003 (Private collection of the artist symbolically purchased from the Commune for 99 years) Location: On the way to the bottom of the Poëta Raisse
0.7 m3, 1995 (Private collection) Location: Grande Rue 48 (Behind the straw bales)
A Certain Gravity, 2015 (Regional Museum - Offered by Môtiers 2015) Location: In the courtyard of the Mascarons
Grand nain, 2015 (Public domain) Location: Quarry at the top of the village
Untitled, 1989 (Private collection) Location: Clos-du-Terreau 6
Asphalt and absinthe, 2015 (Môtiers – Art en plein air collection) Location: In the museum of the House of Absinthe
Aesop stays here and rests, 2015 (Public domain) Location: At the exit of the Plat de Riaux, after the first steps
Secret Hope, 2015 (Public domain) Location: Path leading to the Plat de Riaux (In the phase of return to nature)
Untitled, 2007 (3 bronze tiles) (Private collections) Location: Grande Rue 12, Grande Rue 24, Moulinet 1A
The Crossing of the Flying Cats, 2015 (Private collection) Location: Grande Rue 26
Blueprint for a farther cave, 2015 (Public domain) Location: Under Targets
Horse watching, 2007 (Private collection) Location: Grande Rue 48 (Mirror placed against the farm)
The Woman in the Tea Pavilion, 2003 (Private collection) Location: Grande Rue 20
Salt Deposition, 2003 (Private collection - Offered by Art Môtiers 2003 to the Commune) Location: Rue du Sel 4
Avenue champêtre, 2007 (Public domain) Location: Along the Grande Rue in the hedge between the last farm and the power station
7 millimetres per year or silent history, 2011 (Public domain) Location: At the exit of the forest, last tree on the left towards Sagneule (A few millimetres are still visible)
Antipholus & Dromia 2021 (Public domain) Location: Along the Bied side of the Chemin des Saugettes
The Knights of Nux Ray, 2007 (Regional Museum - Offered by Môtiers 07) Location: In the museum of the House of Absinthe
Inscription, 2007 (Public domain) Location: Grande Rue at the height of the shooting range
Harmony, 1985 (Private collection) Location: On the small square of the rue de la Golaye
Emoji, 2015 (College of Môtiers) Location: At the Collège de Môtiers, rue du Collège 9
PLAISIR - DELIRE, 2003 (Private collection) Location: On the entrance to the house of Clos-du-Terreau 6
Elsa, 2021 (Public domain) Location: Along the Bied between the Sourde and the forest sofa
60 Cobblestones, 2000 (Val-de-Travers Cultural Center) Created and purchased as part of the 20th anniversary of the CCV [NB this work was not created as part of Art Môtiers] Location: Circuit from the Rousseau Museum to the cave
Les vasistas, 2003 (Private collections) Location: Clos du Terreau 6, Grande Rue 23, Moulinet 1A
The Bridge of Bagat, 2021 (Public domain) Location: On the Bied near the source of the Sourde (Expanded in 2026 to ensure access for all)
Shutters, 2007 (Private collection) Location: Grande Rue 18