In Latifa Echakhch’s new work 'Wind Wall Icon' golden shapes are shimmering on a coarse grey surface. Like clouds on a smoky sky, the glowing, irregular patches assume forms which seem to oscillate between abstract and biomorphic pattern. In harsh contrast with the irregular roughness of the concrete layer, delicate ripples pervade the golden surface, evoking the traditional gilding process where thin layers of gold leaves are applied on a stratum of red base color. These multiple visual and material qualities of the art work are also reflected in the title of this new series. 'Wind Wall Icon' evokes two specific artistic traditions - the Japanese paravents of the Byōbu style (“wind wall”) and the orthodox Icon. The dynamic nature of the Asian folding screen, and its literal allusion to the atmospheric element of the wind, is juxtaposed to the static immobility of the devotional image.