Three Must-See Photography Exhibitions at Les Rencontres d'Arles 2022

The 2022 Les Rencontres de la photographie d'Arles explores themes of visible and invisible boundaries, focusing on body politics and gender identity. One of the key exhibitions, "A Feminist Avant-Garde," showcases over 200 pieces by 71 female artists from the Verbund Collection, curated by Gabrielle Schon, and is available for viewing until September 25, 2022, at La Mécanique Générale. Marta Wilson highlighted the significance of photography for performance artists in the 1970s. At La Croisière, Katrien De Blauwer's "The Pictures She Doesn't Show to Anyone," featuring collages from vintage magazines, is also on display until September 25. Additionally, Frida Orupabo's "How Fast Shall We Sing," which critiques colonialism and racism through collages of dismembered Black female bodies, is at La Mécanique Générale until September 25.