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Latifa Echakhch uses common materials from both of her homes (Morocco and France) to create compelling, theatrical installations that raise challenging, universal questions, often suggesting danger or disorder. The title of this work adds to it’s own foreboding mystery, complementing Echakhch’s simultaneously beautiful and haunting abstractions. Echakhch won the Prix Marcel Duchamp in 2013, and the Zurich Art Prize in 2015, and has exhibited her work extensively throughout Europe and North America.
Image rights: © Latifa Echakhch Photo. Julie Joubert Courtesy the artist and kamel mennour, Paris
About Latifa Echakhch
Born in Morocco and raised in France, Latifa Echakhch mines cultural stereotypes as subject matter for her work. By deconstructing and re-presenting materials associated with Morocco and France, Echakhch creates sharp-witted installations that challenge cultural assumptions. In Untitled (Gunpowder) (2008) she created a black border by throwing gunpowder tea at a wall, simultaneously referencing war and the popularity of tea in Morocco. In Untitled I – V (2010), she covered canvases with carbon paper, which was used to make copies of revolutionary texts in France in the 1960s and ’70s. Echakhch won the Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2013.
Moroccan-French, b. 1974, El Khnansa, Morocco, based in Paris, France; Martigny, Switzerland
Solo Shows
2018
2017
Dvir Gallery,
Tel Aviv, Nude
2016
Toronto,
2014
Dvir Gallery,
Tel Aviv, Latifa Echakhch - Hadash
Group Shows
2017
New York,
2017
Dvir Gallery,
Brussels, Innocent Materials
2017
Dvir Gallery,
Tel Aviv, Placed Someplace with Intent
2016
Dvir Gallery,
Brussels, Paravent, Group show
2016
Dvir Gallery,
Brussels, Dans un monde Magnifique et Furieux, Group show
2016
Dvir Gallery,
Brussels, Je Tu Il Elle, Group show
2015
Dvir Gallery,
Tel Aviv, An Autumn Afternoon
2014
Dvir Gallery,
Tel Aviv, Fantome
2013
Dvir Gallery,
Tel Aviv, Four Something - Group Show
2012
Montreal,
