At the Frist: Lalla Essaydi
Event date: 10/10/2008 to 1/25/2009
Location: Nashville
Oct. 10, 2008–Jan. 25, 2009
Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery
Through her thought-provoking photographs, Moroccan-born artist Lalla Essaydi confronts the issues of confinement and repression experienced by many women in Islamic societies. The women depicted in her images, many of whom are family members dressed in traditional attire, are covered with calligraphic writing. These words break the expected silence, telling stories that speak of Essaydi’s thoughts and experiences, caught between the east and the west, the past and the present.
Organized by the Frist Center for the Visual Arts.
Listed: Thursday, July 24th, 2008
