Press photos Tirailleurs: Trials and Tribulations From Cannon Fodder to Avant-Garde—The Forgotten Soldiers Who Freed Europe
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Photos
Félix Vallotton, Soldats Sénégealais au Camp De Mailly (1917), Oil on Canvas, 46 x 55cm. Courtesy bpk, GrandPalaisRmn, René-Gabriel Ojéda
Halida Boughriet, Les absents du décor ‘La femme au paon bleu’ (2018). Courtesy of the artist
Josèfa Ntjam, Dislocations (2022), 1-channel video, colour, sound, 18,French with En/Ger subs. In collaboration with Sean Hart andNicolas Pirus, co-produced by Aquatic Invasion Production, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, and Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati. Courtesy of the artist and Nicoletti Gallery.
El Hadji Sy, Untitled (undated). Courtesy of Galerie Barbara Thumm
Hana Yoo, I Came for the Flowers (2025), 1-channel video, sound, colour, 9 15", Korean with En/Ger subs. Courtesy of the artist.
Tuấn Andrew Nguyễn, Because No One Living Will Listen / Người Sống Chẳng Ai Nghe, 2023, 2-channel video installation, colour, sound,11' 30', Vie/En with En/Ger subs. Produced by James Cohan,New York, The Vega Foundation, and Specter Studios
Godfried Donkor, St Roy Ankrah III (2023), il, acrylic, ink, and gold leaf on canvas, 193×185 cm, l courtesy of the artist and Gallery 1957
Tiffany Chung, Tirailleurs, Worker-Soldiers, ‘Comfort Women’: Sea Voyages, Global Movements, Disremembered Histories of WWII, 2026 (sketch), embroidery on fabric, 140 × 380 cm (legend piece: 50 × 84 cm). Courtesy of the artist.