Artists

Cindy Sherman, Juno Calypso, ORLAN, Zanele Muholi, Marianna Simnett, Hannah Wilke, Sylvie Fleury, Martha Rosler, Rineke Dijkstra, Eli Cortiñas, Pipilotti Rist, Hank Willis Thomas, Ana Mendieta, Valérie Belin, Frida Orupabo, Sin Wai Kin, Baloji, Linder, Sara Cwynar, Ibrahim Ahmed, Yumna Al-Arashi, Francesca Allen, Sarah Amrani, Susan Anderson, Eleanor Antin, Kwame Brathwaite, Nakeya Brown, William Cobbing, John Coplans, Nicola Costantino, Laure Cottin Stefanelli, Mélanie Courtinat, Philippe Durand, Moshtari Hilal, Sanja Iveković, Yuki Kihara, Zed Nelson, Garry Winogrand

Press release

After exploring love in 2024, physical beauty is the second thematic exhibition at Bozar focusing on what motivates us as humans. Through the lens of photography and video, made from the 1960s to today, this exhibition explores how artists depict and challenge established norms of who is considered beautiful. Unveiling the pressures and excess of what it means to be beautiful today, the works in this exhibition offer a diverse range of propositions, from the critical to the emancipatory. Bozar Arcade, the space dedicated to interactive digital artworks and video games in Bozar, will be integrated into the exhibition. With works by: Ibrahim Ahmed, Yumna Al-Arashi, Francesca Allen, Sarah Amrani, Susan Anderson, Eleanor Antin, Alexandra Barancovà & Jae Perris, Baloji, Valérie Belin, François Bellabas, Kwame Brathwaite, Nakeya Brown, Juno Calypso, William Cobbing, John Coplans, Eli Cortiñas, Nicola Costantino, Laure Cottin Stefanelli, Mélanie Courtinat, Sara Cwynar, Rineke Dijkstra, Philippe Durand, Sylvie Fleury, Bryce Galloway, Moshtari Hilal, Anne Horel, Sanja Iveković, Yuki Kihara, Sandra Lazzarini, Ethel Lilienfeld, Linder, Lucy&Bart, Luna Maurer, James McColl, Ana Mendieta, Haley Morris-Cafiero, Zanele Muholi, Zed Nelson, J.D. 'Okhai Oijekere, ORLAN, Frida Orupabo, Guillaume Pauli, Andrés Pérez, Cara Phillips, Momo Pixel, Angelo Plessas, Marilou Poncin, Chantal Regnault, Pipilotti Rist, Martha Rosler, Errol Stanley Sawyer, Cindy Sherman, Marianna Simnett, Sin Wai Kin, Ruofu Sun & Alice Yu, Ryudai Takano, Amélie Testenoire – Lafayette, Maria Tsagkari, Kristina Varaksina, Hiroshi Watanabe, Hannah Wilke, Hank Willis Thomas, Roel Wouters, Garry Winogrand, Aviya Wyse.