From top to bottom:
Image 1: Danica Dakic, "First Shot", 2007-08 // Image 2: View of the exhibition "Histoires Histoire". From top to bottom: Jumana Manna, "A Sketch of Manners (Alfred Roch's Last Masquerade)", 2013; Olivier Vadrot, "Circo Minimo", 2020 © Diagonale // Image 3 et 4: Views of the exhibition "Histoires Histoire". Fron left to right: Caroline Monnet, "Ojigabwe", 2020; Mai-Thu Perret, "Society is a Hole", 2009, courtesy of the artist and David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles © Diagonale // Image 5: "LaToya Ruby Frazier Takes on Levis," from Art21's New York Close Up series

Histoires Histoire
Danica Dakic, Jumana Manna, Caroline Monnet,
Mai-Thu Perret, Latoya Ruby Frazier/Art21, Olivier Vadrot

Curator: Chloé Grondeau

Histoires Histoire is the first part of a series of exhibition and reflective contexts that take as their starting point the writings of the Polish researcher in feminist theories and memory studies, Marianne Hirsch. Proposing to think about the mobility of memory and the potential of History, the exhibition crosses the gaze of artists from the international scene whose (re)reading of History highlights their ability to propose new avenues through the insemination - ever increasing - of the narrative. The works presented in the form of videos, texts, objects and installations thus reveal a shared memory, tackling historical events and socio-political contexts which, in encountering personal or fictional narrative, form tools in the hands of artists to work on the factual as a material and as entry point to varied perspectives.

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IMPORTANT
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Following the Quebec Government’s measures in the frame of the covid-19 progression, Diagonale will be closed as of March 18 until further notice.
Thank you for your understanding, hope to see you soon!

PODCAST - HISTOIRES HISTOIRE
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Listen to the guided tour of the exhibition Histoires Histoire narrated by the curator. (french version)

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