Latifa Echakhch, Inking (The cardboard suitcase), 2014

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suitcase, Chinese ink, wooden cloud scenery, canvas, acrylic paint and steel wire

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The clouds are placed on the ground, almost at the same level as the objects. Nothing rises. The play on the reflections of the shining parquet floor increases the sensation...

The clouds are placed on the ground, almost at the same level as the objects. Nothing rises. The play on the reflections of the shining parquet floor increases the sensation of confusion between high and low, earth and sky. The landscape is seen from two different angles. For the artist, the change of viewpoint leads to a change in temporality. Our arrival and our wanderings among the black clouds and objects can be seen as a confrontation with the past, while the return journey among the blue clouds leads us towards futures we can invent and project. Meanwhile, the objects belong to the register of history and the endless number of narratives that each visitor can read into this scene. Sought out in second-hand shops or brought back from travels, these objects are linked with the artist’s memories and her childhood as a small girl spent by Lake Bourget after leaving Morocco in 1978 when she was three. They include a suitcase (evoking uneasy emigration), the boxes of records left by her father in Morocco, now distorted by the heat, and the bottle of perfume – “L’Air du Temps” by Nina Ricci – filled with black ink, which gives the exhibition its subtitle.

Exhibitions

- 'L'air du temps', 2014, Centre Pompidou, Paris (France)

- 'Dance to the Music of Time', group show, 2018, Dvir Gallery Brussels

- 'Je me souviens', online group show, 2020

- 'Ellis Island', 2021, Musee juif de Belgique

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