Denis Darzacq La Chute @ De Soto - LA

This month, there’s a superb slice of French action at LA's De Soto Gallery. Serving up the first US exhibition, 'La Chute', AKA The Fall, by France’s Denis Darzacq, this one, despite it’s content, is kind of slick. Influenced by the 2005 housing riots, Darzacq has photographed seemingly ordinary people floating, flying, and spinning round mid-air, as if catapulted during flight or flight. Documentary you might think, however, these subjects are hip-hop dancers and athletes. They are those used to getting spun above the nice firm ground. And that means La Chute is a little more staged than the average riot, and in that, a touch more classy and well worth checking out.

Le Chute @ De Soto Gallery, 08 W 2nd St. #104
Los Angeles, CA 90012, from January 12 – February 23 2008.