CANET, Marie
Lucy Mc Kenzie: La locataire / The Tenant

The Tenant is a monographic critical essay by Marie Canet, that addresses the connections between McKenzie’s work, pornography, and special effects. The title refers to the way the artist moves through different periods and aesthetic spaces, appropriating their codes in order to construct new visual fictions. The book is infused with post-#MeToo feminist thinking, alternative uses of biography, reflections on the art world, and contemporary debates surrounding appropriation, embodiment, and the status of the artwork.

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McKenzie and Canet worked with each other for over eight years, on projects like the Atelier E.B: Passer-by catalogue, published on the occasion of the Fondation Galeries Lafayette exhibition, or the book Pervert or Detective, a conversation between Lucy McKenzie and artist Reba Maybury. In 2026 this collaboration gave way to the exhibition, Plastic Newspaper, presented at CRAC Sète, and this book. 

Published by Bierke Verlag, 2026
Essays / Art Criticism