24 - Stan Douglas - Bodies Never Lie

Jul 6, 2026 – Oct 4, 2026

LUMA Arles presents Bodies Never Lie, an exhibition by Canadian artist Stan Douglas, internationally acclaimed for his films, photographs, and installations that examine how histories are constructed, mediated, and contested. Across his work, Douglas investigates the formation of collective memory, the structures of power and oppression, and the cultural forms through which resistance and emancipation are expressed—particularly music—which he approaches as both an aesthetic language and a social force. At the center of the exhibition is a new film production entitled Exquisite Corpse set within the world of flamenco in 1950s Spain, during the Franco dictatorship. Through this work, Douglas explores flamenco not only as a musical form, but as a site of coded expression, shaped by censorship, identity, and political constraint. Using complex cinematic structures, advanced image technologies, and layered narrative perspectives, he constructs a work that unfolds through shifting viewpoints and multiple temporalities.