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Lalla Essaydi

Lalla Essaydi - Harem
Gallery Show

February 3 – April 11, 2018

Williams Center Gallery
Williams Center for the Arts
317 Hamilton Street (at High Street)
College Hill, Easton, PA

Lalla Essaydi isn’t afraid to appropriate Orientalist imagery from the Western painting tradition in order to invite viewers to reconsider the Orientalist mythology. Her sumptuous explorations of the image of woman in Islamic society address the complex reality of Arab female identity from the unique perspective of personal experience. As Essaydi puts it, “In my art, I wish to present myself through multiple lenses—as artist, as Moroccan, as traditionalist, as liberal, as Muslim. In short, I invite viewers to resist stereotypes.”

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Photographer Lalla Essaydi

Photographer Lalla Essaydi
Lecture

Wednesday
February 28, 2018
4:10 p.m.

Oechsle Hall
Room 224
College Hill, Easton, PA

Lalla Essaydi will give an artist’s talk about her photographs on view this semester in the Williams Center Gallery. Her sumptuous explorations of the image of women in Islamic society address the complex reality of Arab female identity from the unique perspective of personal experience. As Essaydi puts it, “In my art, I wish to present myself through multiple lenses—as artist, as Moroccan, as traditionalist, as liberal, as Muslim. In short, I invite viewers to resist stereotypes.”

The talk in Oechsle Hall will be followed by a reception for the artist across the street in the Williams Center lobby (317 Hamilton Street at High Street).