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Lalla Essaydi (Moroccan, b. 1956)
Les Femmes du Maroc: Harem no. 11
Closed24 November 2020
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GBP 25,000
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‘My work reaches beyond Islamic culture to invoke the Western fascination, as expressed in painting, with the odalisque, the veil, and, of course, the harem. Here is another way in which my work cannot be read simply as a critique of Arab culture. Images of the harem and the odalisque still penetrate the present and I use the Arab female body to disrupt that tradition.’ -Lalla Essaydi