Me/We; Okay; Gray, 1993, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery, New York et Paris. © Crystal Eye - Kristallisilmä Oy, Helsinki

PARIS, FRANCE.- Jeu de Paume presents Eija-Liisa Ahtila. From the start of her career in the 1990s, Eija-Liisa Ahtila has been considered one of the leading proponents of 'video art'. She makes films which she describes as 'human dramas' in which the characters are seen grappling with their emotions, their entourage and an unstable environment. Ahtila's working methods bring video close to cinema, notably by using its vocabulary and shooting techniques. She explores different registers (fiction, advertising, documentary) while playing on perceptual phenomenon so as to interrogate the capacity of narrative to reproduce reality.

Jeu de Paume-Concorde is giving this Finnish artist her first retrospective in France. It covers pretty much the full extent of her work, from the early 1990s to the present, and features most of her films, including a new one produced in collaboration with the Jeu de Paume, but also her series of photographs. For this event all the spaces of the Jeu de Paume-Concorde will be given over to her work.

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Dog Bites, 1992-1997, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Courtesy Marian Goodman Gallery, New York et Paris