Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE
Curated by Jiwon Lee, Amal Al Ali and Zeina Al Kattan
VPS 10 invited works that celebrate photography’s ability to perceive social realities and the diversity of contemporary lives through different perspectives and forms of visual storytelling. Works by 66 artists from around the globe, are being shown in the exhibition. Bringing together many voices and lived experiences, the exhibition manifests the spirit of experimentation in lens-based image making today.
French-born, Brooklyn-based artist Julien Gardair makes carpets, paper cutouts, paintings, sculptures, video, and everything in between. This proclivity for smooth sail between forms in context of specific sites globally paired with his insatiable explorations, make his body of work versatile, whimsical and layered.