During the German occupation of France (1940 -1944) the region under the control of the collaborationist Vichy regime was known as ‘la zone non occupée’ and nicknamed ‘the nono zone’ by the French Resistance.
Wanted by the Nazis after his Resistance unit was betrayed, Irish writer Samuel Beckett fled Paris in 1942 for the Vaucluse mountains of Southern France. He remained there, an active member of the Resistance until the end of the war.
Very little is known about Beckett’s time in hiding and there are no visual records, yet the experience is acknowledged as crucial in mapping the coordinates of his future aesthetics.
Born of deficit and contemporary anxiety this body of work was created in those refuge landscapes.
26 Giclee prints: 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Smooth - 308 gsm
