Latifa Echakhch's art practice is strongly influenced by her experience as a Morrocan immigrant living in Paris. She explores themes surrounding the individual and the state, reflecting on her own heritage, cultural differences, social phenomena and the socio-political issues surrounding immigrants within the West. Her work incorporates culturally defined objects such as Morrocan tea glasses and rugs as well as national symbols, legal documents and common, everyday objects such as carbon paper, sugar cubes, and rubber tires. Echakhch removes these articles from their original context and deconstructs them, without completely altering their form so that viewers can witness the objects in a broader, more significant light within the gallery space. This gesture enables the viewer to contemplate the stereotypes and socio-codes that are embedded within these materials.
A Chaque Stencil, une revolution, 2008 A4 carbon paper, glue, alcohol
Coutesy the artist and Tate Modern, London
Fantasia, 2008,
Wooden flagpoles, metal wall brackets, Courtesy the artist and Tate Modern, London
Erratum, 2004, Broken tea glass, Dimensions variable
Courtesy the artist and The Studio Museum in Harlem
Frames, 2000-2008
Courtesy of the artist and Galleria Francesca Kaufmann, Milan
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