Can’t Wait to See Some Art Again? Here Are 5 Exciting Shows Still Planned for This Summer’s Prestigious Rencontres d’Arles Festival

It remains to be seen whether
the art world will be jetting off to the South of France this
summer to attend the annual Les Rencontres d’Arles photography
festival. But as of April 9, the prestigious event is still scheduled to go
ahead as planned from June 29 through September 20.

So this summer, should you find yourself in Arles, once a
central city in ancient Rome, sipping rosé in front of the famed Grand
Hôtel Nord-Pinus while looking out contemplatively at the
bustling Place du Forum, make sure to also make some time to see
these shows.

“Luo Yang: Girls and
Boys”

Luo Yang, who was named the
best female photographer at the Jimei x Arles festival in
2019, will be presenting portraits depicting members of an emerging
Chinese youth culture after the end of the country’s one-child
policy. For the series
“Girls,” Luo followed 100 women over the course of 10 years,
documenting their lives from adolescence to adulthood. In her new
series, “Youth,” she turns her lens on younger generations living
in China’s newly globalized society.

“Masculinities: Liberation
Through Photography”

This exhibition considers how
masculinity has been depicted from the 1960s to the present day.
More than 50 artists, from Issac Julien to Catherine Opie to Laurie
Anderson, are represented with works that pick apart how
masculinity has been socially coded, performed, and constructed.
Curated by Alona Pardo, this exhibition was on view at the Barbican
Centre in London and will travel to the Gropius Bau in
Berlin.

“Women Photographers”

Of the 159 titles published by the French-language publisher
Photo Poche since it was founded in 1982, only 10 have been about
women. Sarah Moon’s
three-volume collection, Femmes Photographes, which was also put out by the publisher,
redresses that imbalance, and this exhibition celebrates her work.
The show spotlights
contributions by female photographers who have often been neglected
by the market and cultural institutions, and includes works
by Judy Dater, Deborah
Tuberville, Claude Batho, Jane Evelyn Atwood, and Martine Franck,
among others.

“Lessons LXXV: Martine
Syms”

“Lessons” is an ongoing video
series by Martine Syms featuring short clips of the artist covered
in milk against a black background. The series consciously evokes
the turmoil that roiled the US after the murder of Michael
Brown, Jr., by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014: in
the protests that followed, demonstrators poured milk over their faces to protect
themselves from tear gas.

“Stéphan Gladieu: Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea, Portraits” 

The photojournalist and artist
Stéphan Gladieu, who began his career as an international
correspondent covering countries in the Middle East and Asia, is
presenting a series of portraits of North Korean citizens that
speaks not only to their day-to-day routines, but also to how the
country’s propaganda machine has infiltrated everyday
life. 

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