Lalla Essaydi Mohan Vijaya Raghavan Véritable soupape de sécurité

Véritable soupape de sécurité

Il y aura dans le monde près de 150 villes équipées de métro roulant sur plus de 10 000 km de rails

l’un des artisans de l’art moderne

blanches les crêtes neigeuses du Haut-Atlas dressées sur l’horizon

sans pour cela négliger les reliefs de l'Atlas et les immenses étendues du Grand Sud

Lalla Essaydi Mohan Vijaya Raghavan Véritable soupape de sécuritéThe photographs in the book all show women, either a single woman or a group of women; all but a few are veiled, and their clothing is layered, encumbering, both hiding and revealing, and unmistakably if somewhat unsettlingly beautiful. They and their ground (floor, cushions or other furnishings, drapery, and backdrop) are all of a piece, covered entirely by calligraphy, an art form that in Islamic countries has, until recently, been the province of