Presenting it self almost as a portrait of a city, Latifa Echakhch's painting series 'Nudes' evokes elements such as decomposition, renewal, vanishing, reconstruction that are as urbanistic as they are human. The work was not developed in the manner of a painting but as a performance, through the scraping and removal of the paint layer. The artists unfolds here a personal connection to her own life creating a space of intimacy between the viewer and the piece as between her and the artwork.
Nude, 2017
In this series, Echakhch reworked in a poetic way her impressions and sentiments of long walks through Tel Aviv. Presenting itself almost as a portrait of the city, it evokes elements such as decomposition, renewal, and reconstruction that both urbanistic and human. This series entitled ‘Nude’, is part of an ongoing process in the artist's work, unfolding a personal connection to her own life creating a space of intimacy between the viewer and the piece as between her and the artwork.