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Liv Schulman – Le Goubernement at the Villa Vassilieff, 17th May – 20th July 2019

The second part of an exhibition paying homage to Maria Vassilieff, Le Goubernement by Liv Schulman (super close to our hotels) is a new series of films, a fiction in six episodes showing the destiny and art of female, lesbian, transgender and non-binary women who lived in Paris between 1910 and 1980.

Liv Schulman - Le Goubernement à la Villa Vassilieff du 17 mai au 20 juillet 2019

An Argentinian living and working in Paris, Liv Schulman created Le Goubernement to show how, for 70 years, certain women went almost unnoticed, or at least did not receive the recognition they should have done.

While the name of Marie Vassilieff is known to some, who knows the name, influence or destiny of Esther Carp, Suzanne Malhberbe, Pan Yuliang or Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven ?

Liv Schulman - Le Goubernement à la Villa Vassilieff du 17 mai au 20 juillet 2019
© ADAGP, Paris 2019

Schulman makes the most of the whole of the Villa’s exhibition space for her films, utilising the format of fiction to tell real stories and anec­do­tes taken from the actual lives of her heroines (all 45 of them!)

With a deliberately experimental narrative structure, characters are sometimes played by several different actresses, while sometimes one actress plays several roles at the same time.

Looks like a high-brow but rewarding and fascinating experience!

Liv Schulman - Le Goubernement à la Villa Vassilieff du 17 mai au 20 juillet 2019
Courtesy de l’artiste, © ADAGP 2019

Liv Schulman – Le Goubernement is at the Villa Vassilieff (ici), 17th May – 20th July 2019

Open Tuesday-Saturday, 11am-7pm

Free!

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1. Claude Cahun (1894 – 1954) 2. Esther Carp (1879 – 1970) À l’occasion de la présentation du projet Le Goubernement de l’artiste Liv Schulman, nous vous invitons à découvrir ou redécouvrir les récits et les des­tins de nom­breu­ses artis­tes femmes, les­bien­nes, trans, non-binai­res ayant vécu à Paris entre 1900 et 1980 et qui furent sou­vent effa­cées du grand récit moder­niste du XXe siècle. • With the project Le Goubernement, exhibited at @villavassilieff the artist @liv.schulman proposes a new feminist history of art. At this occasion we are happy to share with you the stories and fate of women, lesbian, queer, trans and non-binary artists who lived in Paris between 1900 and 1980 and who have been erased from the great modernist narrative of the 20th century. • ? PHOTO : #EstherCarp photographie Fonds Marc Vaux – @centrepompidou Pompidou – #BibliothèqueKandinsky,1922 Episode 2, extrait video Le Goubernement, Liv Schulman, @adagp_ 2019 • ? PHOTO : #ClaudeCahun photographie Fonds Marc Vaux – @centrepompidou Pompidou • Episode 2, extrait video Le Goubernement, Liv Schulman, @adagp_ 2019 Merci à / Thanks to : Fonds Marc Vaux – @centrepompidou– #BibliothèqueKandinsky ? Support : #BibliothèqueKandinsky & @adagp_ • #fondsmarcvaux #womenartist#legoubernement #villavassilieff #livschulman #mariablanchard #marievassilieff #catherinehargreaves

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To check out the exhibition journal, with lots more info and explanations in English and French, simply click the ‘fullscreen’ button at the bottom right of the image below.