I’ve had a pleasure to curate the exhibition Venus & Mercury by Viviane Sassen Zagreb, June 28–August 28, 2022 Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb, Croatia Posted by @stevenson_za The International Photography Festival Organ Vida brings a solo exhibition by Dutch artist Viviane Sassen. Venus & Mercury is the first-ever major show of the artist in Croatia showing at Museum of Contemporary Art Zagreb as part of 'Organ Vida' International Photography Festival until 28 August 2022. For six months Viviane Sassen was given private, after-hours access to Versailles. During this time, she delved into the archives and used the artefacts and architecture of the palace to create a body of new photographs and collages. The images, including photographs of Marie-Antoinette's private correspondence, and fragments of sculptures, allude to the untold stories of Versailles. Drawn to the bodies represented in the palace's many marble statues, Sassen created hybrid forms that play with notions of sexuality and gender and call to mind traditions of Surrealist art. — @vivianesassenstudio curated by @marinapaulenka for @organvida_festival @msuzagreb exhibition design and realisation: Timmermans Studio Installation shots by @ninetofivestudio #venusandmercury