Provoke

LE BAL presents the first exhibition dedicated to the famous Japanese magazine, which greatly influenced the history of Photography through its major figures: NakahiraTakuma, Daido Moriyama, Takanashi Yutaka.

Both a manifesto and a collective work, “Provoke“ assigned a new role to photography as a reaction to violent social and political turmoil and echoed the emerging Performance art scene.

The exhibition and the accompanying book are the result of three years of research and collaboration between four international museums – Albertina (Austria), Winterthur Fotomuseum (Switzerland), the Art Institute of Chicago (USA) and LE BAL (France) – and more than 40 international lenders, artists, collectors, museums, and galleries.