A Florence Lazar retrospective YOU THINK THE EARTH IS A DEAD THING… is now on view at Jeu de Paume.
It’s title evoking the “ecological ravages of colonialism” and the “emancipatory potential of history,” the exhibition features Lazar’s new video work 125 HECTARES (2019), as well as her photographic portraits and previous films, including LES PAYSANS (2000) and KAMEN (LES PIERRES) (2014).
YOU THINK THE EARTH IS A DEAD THING…
Through June 2.
Jeu de Paume
1 place de la Concorde, 8th, Paris.
From top: Florence Lazar, Jeune militant, 2008, photograph; Florence Lazar, 125 hectares, 2019, video; Florence Lazar, Confessions d’un jeune militant, 2008, video; Florence Lazar, Les Femmes en noir, 2002, video; Florence Lazar, Kamen (Les Pierres) , 2014, film; Florence Lazar, Socialisme ou barbarie, 2008, photograph. Photographs courtesy the artist, FMAC, Cnap Paris, and Jeu de Paume. Film and video images courtesy the artist, Sister Productions, Fort du Bruissin, and Jeu de Paume.
