Suzanne Lafont (born 1949) is a French photographer.

Life and career

In 1992, she had a solo exhibition titled ''Projects 37: Suzanne Lafont'' at the

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in New York. Her work is included in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, the

Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art of New York City, colloquially "the Met", is the largest art museum in the Americas. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments. The main building at 1000 ...

, the Fonds régional d'art contemporain Pays de la Loire and Lorraine, the Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, among others. She has participated to

Documenta IX DOCUMENTA IX was the ninth edition of documenta, a quinquennial contemporary art exhibition. It was held between 13 June and 20 September 1992 in Kassel, Germany. The artistic director was Jan Hoet in collaboration with Bart de Baere, Denys ...

and

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. Lafont was born in

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. She is represented by Erna Hecey Gallery in

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Selected publications

* Jean Francois Chevrier, Interview with Christsian Milovanoff, ''Suzanne Lafont : 1984-1988''. Marseille: Musées de Marseille, Arles: Actes Sud, 1989, *

Jean-François Chevrier Jean-François Chevrier is an art theorist and historian, art critic and exhibition curator. He lives and works in Paris. He is Professor in the History of Contemporary Art at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, after havin ...

, Catherine David, ''Suzanne Lafont''. Paris: Galerie nationale du Jeu de paume, 1992 *

Chantal Pontbriand Chantal Pontbriand D.F.A. (born 1951) is a Canadian curator and art critic whose work explores globalization and artistic heterogeneity. She has curated international contemporary art events: exhibitions, international festivals and internation ...

, ''Suzanne Lafont,'' Rochechouart: Musée départemental d'art contemporain de Rochechouart, 1997 * Paul Sztulman, ''Suzanne Lafont''. Paris: éd. Hazan, 1998 *''L, lecture : 46 épisodes''. Arles: Actes Sud, 2001 * Marie de Brugerolle, ''Suzanne Lafont, Appelé par son nom''. Arles: Actes Sud, 2003 * Marcella Lista, ''Suzanne Lafont : Situations''. La Garenne Colombes: Bernard Chauveau Editeur, 2015.

References

External links

Suzanne Lafont by Damarice Amao for Aware.

Suzanne Lafont at Erna Hecey Gallery.
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