Hannah Traore Gallery is lifting the veil on a brand new solo showcase by Moroccan photographer Hassan Hajjaj. By a group of portraits taken over the course of 20 years, Hajjaj presents a visible dialogue between North African heritage and Western iconography, respiratory vibrant life into each side of his work – from the themes’ sartorial fashion all the way down to the colourful, multi-patterned frames.
Individuals of My Time displays the ethos of the artist’s apply. Hajjaj weaves conventional Moroccan traditions with British pop iconography, the place the faces of Imaan Hammam, Che Lovelace, Honey Dijon, Sarah Perles and Afrikan Boy function his inventive muses.
Surrounding every portrait, frames created from repurposed flooring mates, conjures the bustle of Medina, adorning the figures with a tactile actuality. “As an alternative of a static encounter, every photograph-and-frame ensemble is a nod to the fluidity of cultural identification, and a bid to embrace the improvised harmonies that give life its taste,” the gallery wrote.
Drawing on his Larache-London upbringing, the artist channels a sense of ‘Otherness’ into his distinct, creative strategy to distinction. “This exhibition is a chance to attach individuals throughout locations and generations, a peep by means of the keyhole to a different world,” he stated in a current assertion.
Alongside the photographic show, the artist additionally welcomes guests into an onsite recreation of “Jajjah”, his Marrakesh tearoom – “an extension of Hajjaj’s colourful and familial universe.”
Individuals of My Time opens right this moment, February 13, and can stay on view on the gallery by means of March 29, 2025.
Hannah Traore Gallery
150 Orchard St,
New York, NY 10002
