At the heart of figuration is narrative, in which the artist becomes a storyteller, or, in the case of Amina Azreg, Rahma Lhoussig, and Sophia Oshodin, they become dreamweavers. These three contemporary African artists assemble images that infuse real-life elements with a sense of another realm, a dream state of memory.
Works by Amina Azreg combine the solitary interiors of Edward Hopper and …
Works by Amina Azreg combine the solitary interiors of Edward Hopper and surrealism, staging oddities in an architecture that speaks of Casablanca. Immaculate spaces seem empty or forgotten, like the traces of last night’s dreams. Only a few anonymous humans remain at a …