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The Artist Project: Zoe Beloff

Artist Zoe Beloff reflects on Édouard Manet's Civil War (Guerre Civile) in this episode of The Artist Project.
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This episode is part of The Artist Project, a series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

"Beautiful or not beautiful, that's not really the point. Does it clearly convey an idea? That's its beauty."

Zoe Beloff reflects on Édouard Manet's "Civil War (Guerre Civile)" in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Zoe Beloff, born in 1958 in Edinburgh, is an artist who works primarily in installation, film, and drawing.

A video still of a group of protesters on the street holding signs in French

Zoe Beloff (American, born Scotland, 1958)

The Days of the Commune, 2012

Video, color, sound, 154:59 min. © Zoe Beloff (Detail: Still from video)

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Civil War, Edouard Manet French, Lithograph on chine collé; second state of two
Civil War
Multiple artists/makers
1871–73 [published 1874]