‘Labyrinth’ Exhibition by Fatima Mortada at Mark Hachem Gallery

Attend the Labyrinth exhibition by Fatima Mortada at Mark Hachem Gallery.

The Opening: Friday, February 7, 2014 from 6:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m.

The exhibition will be accompanied with an open discussion and artist talk with the artist starting at 7:00 p.m. This much awaited exhibition Labyrinth will exhibit over 40 recent works by the young emerging artist.

Mortada’s trademark material is a brightly colored embroidery thread together with stitch-work, watercolor, ink and acrylic. Her use of embroidery as paint intentionally confronts the tradition of painting in its academic equivalent in art history. Mortada’s work is widely associated with femininity and domesticity (darning, sewing, needlepoint), this act of stitching is refined by Mortada’s compositions.

Mortada allies art and erotic imagery, pitting embroidery against painting. She proposes a re-reading of works emblematic of a certain evolution in art and defies the discourse that determines what can suitably, even properly be called “art”. In her own way, she casts a critical eye on material, support and representation, challenging hierarchies of any kind, whether of medium or gender.

Please Note: Due to the sexual nature of the exhibition, parental guidance is advised.