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  Antoine d’Agata, Oscurana, Mexique, 2013-2015 Codex | Mexico, 1986-2021 Galerie Les filles du calvaire is pleased to announce a new solo exhibition of Antoine d’Agata which will take place from 28 October to 4 December 2021. Five years after his last exhibition Atlas, d’Agata revisits the work he produced in Mexico. 1986 – 2021.The body of work presented at the gallery reflects the experiences of this prolific artist: violent and troubled. The ensemble testifies to a journey, to incessant return trips to Mexico, which have been for the artist a field of absolute experimentation, beyond limits. The photographic material that makes up this ensemble comes from experiments carried out over a period of thirty-five years. Two histories are intertwined here, that of Mexico and that of the author’s relationship with the violence of a community that he has seen disintegrate. “For forty years, – way before becoming a photographer – I live, through my own experience, in Mexico as elsewhere,...

If you are in France don't miss the exhibition "S'il y a lieu, je pars avec vous" September 11, 2014 - October 5, 2014 © Antoine d’Agata / Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire / Magnum Photos « The highway is a loop. From a starting point, you always go back. Sophie Calle, Julien Magre, Stéphane Couturier, Alain Bublex, Antoine d’Agata, here they are, five artists who have hit the road in response to LE BAL’s invitation and with VINCI’s support. Looking for a story, often their own. Anonymous and yet so familiar, the highway became their creative land, their intimate playground. For all of them and for sure, an invitation to find themselves, to get lost... s’il y a lieu. » LE BAL 6, Impasse de la Défense, 75018 Paris Le Bal