EXPOSED
EXPOSED
7–12 April 2026
Artists: Estèla Alliaud, Margot Anquez Bariseau, Miriam Cahn, John De Andrea, Julia Declaire, Oriane Déchery, Sylvie Fanchon, Quentin Germain, Gelitin, Sido Lansari, Asja Mijović, Marilena Pelosi, Ekaterina Shcherbakova, Toiletpaper Magazine, Lora Zyuzina
Curated by: Chaos and Cosmos*
Venue:
L’AiR Arts
Atelier 11 Cité Falguière
75015 Paris
Opening:
7 April, 5 pm–8 pm
Exhibition dates:
8–12 April
2 pm–7 pm
RSVP:
https://www.lairarts.com/Exposed.html
Exposed takes place in the historic Atelier 11 of Cité Falguière in Paris, one of the last surviving studios of the Montparnasse artistic community. Within these walls, artists such as Amedeo Modigliani, Tsuguharu Foujita, and Chaïm Soutine helped define a modern canon of representing the human body, in which the nude, most often female, appeared reclining, seated, or accompanied by an object. These works continued to shape figuration in visual art and established the body as both image and object of the gaze. Exposed returns to this site to reconsider what it means for a body to appear today, both as an image and as an object of artistic creation.
The exhibition approaches the body as active, visible, and present, shaped by material, context, and perception rather than by predefined poses or hierarchies. Exposure is framed as an act of agency rather than display. Bodies, gestures, and interventions occupy space on their own terms, engaging with history and memory.
Artists of different generations, geographies, and degrees of institutional visibility contribute to this dialogue.
Exposed does not present a fixed narrative or a single perspective. Instead, it emphasizes multiplicity, agency, and the active presence of bodies in dialogue with history, material, and space, suggesting a reconfigured artistic condition of bodily presence.
Special thanks: Perrotin, Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, christian berst—art brut, Galerie Vallois, Galerie Maubert, Damiani Books.
*Chaos and Cosmos is an impermanent contemporary art platform based in Paris and active internationally. Conceived as a flexible and evolving structure rather than a fixed venue, it produces exhibitions, performances, and discursive programs that investigate power, corporeality, and the symbolic dimensions of space. Founded by independent curators and artists Julia Cistiakova and Ekaterina Shcherbakova, both IKT Members, the platform builds on more than fifteen years of collaboration across Europe and beyond. Both alumni of the École du Magasin, they work between Paris and Zurich (Cistiakova) and Paris (Shcherbakova), developing research-driven, site-responsive projects in dialogue with institutions and local contexts.
Their work has been realized in France, Switzerland, Lithuania, Canada, Russia, Belgium, Estonia, the USA, and other countries, in collaboration with institutions such as Centre Pompidou, Palais de Tokyo, the Venice Biennale, the Contemporary Art Centre in Vilnius, the Museum of Contemporary Art of Estonia, and the Armenian Center for Contemporary Art NPAK, as well as numerous regional art centers and galleries across France and Europe.
Individually, Julia Cistiakova is the Artistic Director of JPS Art Foundation Zug–Paris and has led significant projects, including serving as Director for Contemporary Art Development in Nièvre in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region (French Ministry of Culture, 2021), Artistic Director of IN SITU patrimoine et art contemporain in the Occitanie region (2020), and Director of the Contemporary Art Space in Privas, France (2017–2020).
Ekaterina Shcherbakova develops an artistic and curatorial practice focused on performance and feminist theory. An alumna of the Marina Abramović Institute and former doctoral researcher at Paris 8 University on performativity, she has recently presented work at Hangar – Center for Artistic Research (Lisbon), Kimonos Art Center (Paphos), Poush, and Jakmousse in Paris. From 2018 to 2025, she taught “Unlearning Curating” at Paris 8 University.
In 2015, they received the French National Curatorial Prize at La Box in Bourges for an annual exhibition and performance program. They are the authors of numerous essays, books, catalogues, and monographs, and regularly publish in international contemporary art journals. Both are members of IKT – International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art, as well as the French Curators’ Association C-E-A.
L’AiR Arts Association is a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to support intercultural exchange through international arts residency programs, welcoming artists and cultural professionals from around the world. Based at Atelier 11 Cité Falguière, a historic Montparnasse site that has served as a live-work space for artists for over 150 years, L’AiR Arts continues this legacy as an International Arts Research Residency.
Committed to contemporary practice within a historical perspective, L’AiR Arts hosts self-directed residencies, group programs, partner initiatives, and public events.