We are pleased to present a specially curated selection of images by Lalla Essaydi. This exhibition brings together three of her most powerful photographic series: Les Femmes du Maroc, Harem and Harem Revisited.
This exhibition comprises more than twenty large-scale color photographs, including several of Essaydi’s iconic multi-panel works. The images present Moroccan women in a range of staged narratives that explore contemporary power structures, while also confronting conventional representations of Arab women, formed in part by Western perceptions of Islamic culture.
Lalla Essaydi was born and raised in Morocco and educated in the West before moving to Saudi Arabia for several years. The United States-based artist explores issues of gender, cross-cultural identity and the prevalent myths of Orientalism. Working across multiple disciplines—including painting, video, installation and photography—Essaydi challenges the social norms and hierarchies that shaped her life as a young girl in Morocco.
Lalla Essaydi was born in 1956 and received a Master of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University in Massachusetts. Essaydi’s work is in numerous permanent collections, including the Asian Civilisations Museum, Singapore; Musée du Louvre, Paris; the British Museum, London; the National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; the Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York; and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; California.

OPENING RECEPTION :
Oct 26, 7-9 PM

ARTIST TALK AND BOOK SIGNING :
Saturday October 27, 3-5 PM
Please join Lalla Essaydi at Sundaram Tagore Singapore at Gillman Barracks as she talks about her work and signs copies of her recent book. This event is free and open to the public.
Kindly RSVP to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by October 20 to reserve a spot; seating is limited.
The artist will sign copies of Lalla Essaydi: Crossing Boundaries Bridging Cultures (ACR Edition, May 2015), a lush 372-page hardcover volume featuring her photography from 2003 to 2014. To pre-purchase a copy, please click below or call the gallery at +65 6694 3378 by October 13. Please note: This book is not otherwise available for purchase in Singapore and we regret that it will not be available in the gallery unless you pre-purchase a copy.

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