Carolyn Lazard

Two-way

Artists Space, New York City, NY, USA

February 28 – May 10, 2025

Carolyn Lazard: Two-way. Installation view (Fiction Contract, 2025; Borne, 2025), Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Greg Carideo. Image Courtesy Artists Space, New York. [A darkened gallery space with dark blue walls and a combination of light blue linoleum tile and dark blue carpeting. In the foreground is a bench centered in front of a large wall projection in the background. The projection depicts a close-up of a newborn black mannequin laying down, being tended to by medical professionals.] — Carolyn Lazard: *Two-way*. Installation view (*Fiction Contract*, 2025; *Borne,* 2025), Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Greg Carideo. Image Courtesy Artists Space, New York.
[A darkened gallery space with dark blue walls and a combination of light blue linoleum tile and dark blue carpeting. In the foreground is a bench centered in front of a large wall projection in the background. The projection depicts a close-up of a newborn black mannequin laying down, being tended to by medical professionals.]

Carolyn Lazard: Two-way. Installation view (Fiction Contract, 2025; Borne, 2025), Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Greg Carideo. Image Courtesy Artists Space, New York. [A darkened hallway leads into an open gallery space with dark blue walls and a combination of light blue linoleum tile and dark blue carpeting. In the background a video is projected onto the farthermost wall. The projection depicts a nurse in green scrubs using a red telephone affixed to the wall.] — Carolyn Lazard: *Two-way*. Installation view (*Fiction Contract*, 2025; *Borne*, 2025), Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Greg Carideo. Image Courtesy Artists Space, New York.
[A darkened hallway leads into an open gallery space with dark blue walls and a combination of light blue linoleum tile and dark blue carpeting. In the background a video is projected onto the farthermost wall. The projection depicts a nurse in green scrubs using a red telephone affixed to the wall.]

Carolyn Lazard: Two-way. Installation view (Fiction Contract, 2025), Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Greg Carideo. Image Courtesy Artists Space, New York. [A darkened gallery space with a video projection centered on a dark blue wall. The projection depicts a close-up of a black birthing mannequin reclined on a hospital bed in a blue patient room. A newborn mannequin swaddled in a hospital receiving blanket lays on the birthing mannequin’s chest.] — Carolyn Lazard: *Two-way*. Installation view (*Fiction Contract*, 2025), Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Greg Carideo. Image Courtesy Artists Space, New York.
[A darkened gallery space with a video projection centered on a dark blue wall. The projection depicts a close-up of a black birthing mannequin reclined on a hospital bed in a blue patient room. A newborn mannequin swaddled in a hospital receiving blanket lays on the birthing mannequin’s chest.]

Carolyn Lazard: Two-way. Installation view (Vital, 2025), Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Greg Carideo. Image Courtesy Artists Space, New York.
[A darkened gallery space with dark blue walls and dark blue carpeting. A film is projected onto the farthest wall.The projection depicts a black person with long braids in side profile standing in front of a ruler.]

Carolyn Lazard: Two-way. Installation view (Vital, 2025), Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Greg Carideo. Image Courtesy Artists Space, New York. [A darkened gallery space with dark blue walls and dark blue carpeting. A film is projected onto the farthest wall.The projection depicts a brown hand holding an iPhone screen opened to a bullet point list that reads: “FOR DR WELLS / Questions to ask at your first prenatal visit / Induction / Scheduled C-Sections / Epidurals / Alternative pain management / Episiotomies (ouch) / Delayed cord clamping (bennies fer baby) / Would you work collaboratively with my doula/midwife to create a care plan?”] — Carolyn Lazard: *Two-way*. Installation view (*Vital*, 2025), Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Greg Carideo. Image Courtesy Artists Space, New York.
[A darkened gallery space with dark blue walls and dark blue carpeting. A film is projected onto the farthest wall.The projection depicts a brown hand holding an iPhone screen opened to a bullet point list that reads: “FOR DR WELLS / Questions to ask at your first prenatal visit / Induction / Scheduled C-Sections / Epidurals / Alternative pain management / Episiotomies (ouch) / Delayed cord clamping (bennies fer baby) / Would you work collaboratively with my doula/midwife to create a care plan?”]

Carolyn Lazard: Two-way. Installation view, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Greg Carideo. Image Courtesy Artists Space, New York. [An exterior view of a gallery with white neoclassical columns and a row of three doors with windows. Inside the gallery is a bright red wall. Large text in white vinyl is applied across the center of the wall, but the text is obscured by the columns and window frames of the building.] — Carolyn Lazard: *Two-way*. Installation view, Artists Space, 2025. Photo: Greg Carideo. Image Courtesy Artists Space, New York.
[An exterior view of a gallery with white neoclassical columns and a row of three doors with windows. Inside the gallery is a bright red wall. Large text in white vinyl is applied across the center of the wall, but the text is obscured by the columns and window frames of the building.]