Tag: Lalla Essaydi

  • A Show of Strength by Middle Eastern Women Photographers

    Link: A Show of Strength by Middle Eastern Women Photographers – NYTimes.com “She Who Tells a Story” opens at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston this week. Four of the artists included are Iranian; three — Ms. Tavakolian, Gohar Dashti and Shadi Ghadirian — live and work in Iran today. The exhibit also highlights work by Jananne Al-Ani, Boushra Almutawakel, Rana El Nemr, Lalla Essaydi, Tanya…

  • Lalla Essaydi Revives the Exotic to Critique Exoticism – NYTimes.com

    Lalla Essaydi Revives the Exotic to Critique Exoticism – NYTimes.com

    Reviving the Exotic to Critique Exoticism In the exhibition “Lalla Essaydi: Les Femmes du Maroc,” the photographer plays with stereotypes by placing Moroccan women in scenes from Orientalist paintings. Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/07/nyregion/07artsnj.html?partner=rss&emc=rss Lalla Essaydi is a Moroccan-born, New York-based photographer who has risen to prominence for her beautiful, striking imagery dealing with the role of women…