PhotoSaintGermain-Chloe Sharrock, Le ciel et la terre après eux

Exhibition of the third laureate of the residency at the Musée de l'Armée - Hôtel national des Invalides

Chloe Sharrock, Le ciel et la terre après eux

The test of time: contemporary symptoms of past conflicts

Curated by: Lucie Moriceau‑Chastagner, head of photographic collections at the Musée de l’Armée

Third laureate of the photographic residency of the Musée de l’Armée, Chloe Sharrock builds a narrative around the vestiges of wars on French soil (Confrécourt quarries, Maginot Line, Verdun) and traces of memory within the collections. Freeing herself from the documentary register, she adopts the concept of aftermath to examine the stigmas buried in the landscape and material testimonies. At a distance from the two world wars, she envisions the medium no longer as a tool for depicting ruins and erasure, but as a ruin itself, a fragment of an enduring presence. From sky, earth, and human flesh, her works trace the persistent impact of combat.

This exhibition takes place within the framework of the PhotoSaintGermain festival. Organized in the heart of Paris, in the iconic Saint‐Germain‐des‐Prés neighborhood, PhotoSaintGermain is an annual festival dedicated to promoting photographic creation.

PhotoSaintGermain offers a free and freely accessible exhibition tour across a selection of museums, cultural centers, galleries, and bookstores on the Left Bank. This tour highlights a sharp and eclectic program designed by associated galleries, as well as several original exhibitions and novel projects imagined and produced by the festival.