Tag: Lalla Essaydi
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14 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes #4
Artists include: Laila Shawa, Khadiga Riad, Hamed Owais, Paul Guiragossian, Hossein Khosrojerdi, Hassan Hajjaj, Georges Hanna Sabbagh, Lalla Essaydi, Mahmoud Said and Sohrab Sepehri. Please follow link for full post
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01 Work, Middle East Artists, Lalla Essaydi’s Harem #7, with Footnotes, #67
“Traditionally, the presence of men defines public spaces: streets, meeting places, you, the workplaces,” writes Essaydi. “Women, on the other hand, have been confined to private spaces, to the architecture of homes. In my photographs, I restrict women to these spaces, their spaces clean, partitioned off by walls and controlled by men” -Lalla Essaydi More on…
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Lalla Essaydi; Harem Revisited 01 Painting by Orientalist Artist Lalla Essaydi, with footnotes, #53
Moroccan born photographer Lalla Essaydi explores Arab female identity by hand-painting Arabic calligraphy in henna on different surfaces such as female bodies, fabric and walls. Through her compositions, Essaydi references nineteenth century Orientalist style and rejects traditional objectified representations of Arab women. The artist critiques French painters such as Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres and Eugène Delacroix who often painted…
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14 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 4
Laila Shawa, B. 1940, PALESTINIAN THE ZAR (FROM THE WOMEN AND MAGIC SERIES), c. 1992 Acrylic on canvas 90.7 by 90.5cm.; 35¾ by 35½in Private collection The Zar is best described as a “healing cult” which uses drumming and dancing in its ceremonies. It also functions as a sharing of knowledge and charitable society among the women of…
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12 Orientalist Paintings by Artists from the 19th Century, with footnotes, 17
Arthur Melville, (1858–1904) A Moorish Procession, Tangier, c. 1893 Watercolour on paper 59.30 x 79.80 cm National Galleries of Scotland Melville conveys the atmospheric clamour of a local parade led by drummers and pipers. He evokes its exotic character, underlined by the colourful clothes and hooded cloaks of the participants, with his ‘blottesque’ technique. The resulting…
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12 Paintings, MODERN & CONTEMPORARY MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 3
Published in Bonestéve, printed by Henri Baconnier, Algiers Lithograph Dimensions: 32 x 41 cm Private Collection Lithograph depicting the family tree of Prophet Muhammad. With two windows on either side of the tree depicting holy scenes of Ka’aba and the tomb and mosque of the Prophet. Lalla Essaydi, (Moroccan, b. 1956) Converging Territories #38, c.…
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