February 28 – May 10, 2025
Artists Space is pleased to present a newly commissioned exhibition of Carolyn Lazard.
Carolyn Lazard is an artist and writer. Their primary medium is iteration. Their practice remembers the generative incapacity of debility.
Lazard’s exhibition delivers two films. Both consider black reproduction and performance; both were shot in the same location, a civic institution.
Carolyn Lazard is an artist based in Philadelphia and New York. Their work has been exhibited in several institutions including Museum Für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Their work was included in the 2019 and 2024 Whitney Biennial and the 2022 Venice Biennale. Lazard is a 2020 Disability Futures Fellow, a 2021 United States Artists Fellow, and a 2023 Macarthur Fellow. They hold a BA from Bard College and an MFA from the University of Pennsylvania.
Exhibition support for Carolyn Lazard is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Lead support is provided by the Arison Art Foundation. Major support is provided by James Cahn & Jeremiah Collatz.
Support for Artists Space exhibitions and programs is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Lambent Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation, Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation, The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council, The New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation, Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, The Cowles Charitable Trust, Milton and Sally Avery Foundation, and the Friends of Artists Space.
