In Miscegenated Family Album (1994), Lorraine O’Grady pairs images of Queen Nefertiti with photographs of her late sister Devonia Evangeline O’Grady Allen, drawing parallels across mixed-race identity, family history, and cultural legacy. Originating from a 1980 performance, the work probes the complexities of belonging while serving as an elegy for a sister lost before reconciliation.
Mariane Ibrahim is honored to present Lorraine O’Grady, the artist’s first solo exhibition in Paris and her second with the gallery. This special presentation, the first since O'Grady's passing in December 2024, aims to celebrate the artist's extraordinary legacy. Featuring work spanning four decades (1981-2021), the exhibition examines O’Grady’s revolutionary conceptual practice and the critical yet nuanced ways in which she engaged tensions around race, gender, and colonialism.
Collective Joy – Learning Flamboyance! explores the popular cultures of gathering that shape how we experience and practice joy in everyday life. Bringing together French and international artists whose work engages public space—festive, social, political, musical, recreational, or utopian—the exhibition highlights collaborative and relational practices rooted in cultural rights and social justice.