Majida Khattari's highly political works link Western high fashion with Islamic codes of dress and behaviour. In anticipation of her fashion show Défilé - Performance at Oxford, inIVA presents a film of her fashion show and some preparatory drawings. Her clothes are not simply designed to flatter the wearer; instead they are created to restrict movement and conspicuously to conceal or reveal different parts of the body. Recently, Khattari has shown at Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, 2001) and Mixed Memory (Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland, 2000).
Majida Khattari
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