Lalla Essaydi, Conflicted Identities #5, 2023
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Lalla Essaydi - Conflicted Identities
11/04/2024 - 27/07/2024
JACKSON
3115 East Shadowlawn Avenue
30305 Atlanta
www.jacksonfineart.com
In "Conflicted Identities," Lalla Essaydi explores the complexities of cultural identity within the context of Islamic culture. Born in Morocco in 1956, Essaydi's work reflects her own experiences growing up in a postcolonial society grappling with issues of tradition, modernity, and gender. She challenges conventional representations of women in Islamic art, reclaiming their narratives and agency. Central to the series is Essaydi's use of beer bottle caps to construct colonial dresses for her models, a powerful metaphor for the intersection of tradition and modernity, East and West.
11/04/2024 - 27/07/2024
JACKSON
3115 East Shadowlawn Avenue
30305 Atlanta
www.jacksonfineart.com
In "Conflicted Identities," Lalla Essaydi explores the complexities of cultural identity within the context of Islamic culture. Born in Morocco in 1956, Essaydi's work reflects her own experiences growing up in a postcolonial society grappling with issues of tradition, modernity, and gender. She challenges conventional representations of women in Islamic art, reclaiming their narratives and agency. Central to the series is Essaydi's use of beer bottle caps to construct colonial dresses for her models, a powerful metaphor for the intersection of tradition and modernity, East and West.