carlier | gebauer is pleased to announce Lilies of the Field, a solo exhibition of new works by Dor Guez. This will be his fourth exhibition with the gallery. 

Mapping connections between historical archives, contemporary photography, and performance, Dor Guez’s exhibition Lilies of the Field mines the rich historical and mythological dimensions of Jerusalem as a site of religious and political projection. Guez’s photographic series Lilies of the Field is comprised of luminous, mysterious prints of pressed floral and plant arrangements that the artist discovered in his research of the American Colony archives. Formed in the aftermath of the Great Chicago Fire in 1871, the American Colony was a mission of Christian Americans who left Chicago for Jerusalem in 1881, where they became active in charitable work to help the local community, establishing orphanages, soup kitchens, and medical resources for locals who suffered before and during the World Wars. The American Colony’s work was not conceived to benefit any one religion, promoting interfaith dialog to such an extent that their communal residence is now known as the American Colony Hotel, where the peace talks that led to the Oslo Peace Accord were held.