Subtle, Humorous, Provocative

• © Mous Lamrabat/Courtesy of Loft Art Gallery
• © Mous Lamrabat/Courtesy of Loft Art Gallery
• © Mous Lamrabat/Courtesy of Loft Art Gallery

Through to August 27, 2023, the Galerie Le Chateau d’Eau in Toulouse presents an exhibition of works by Mous Lamrabat, organised in collaboration with the Loft Art Gallery in Casablanca. The Moroccan-Belgian photographer draws on his dual-cultural background to create subtly humorous images that seamlessly blend the iconography of Western capitalism – McDonald’s’ golden arches, IKEA bags, and Nike’s swoosh – with signifiers of Islamic and North African culture, such as henna and the niqab.

With his sensitive, always elegant orchestrations, the artist constructs a colourful, slightly surrealist and gently provocative universe: a remix, a fusion of different cultures that borders on caricature – infused with the glamour of fashion photography and, above all, multi-layered wit.