Exhibition: 12 September 2024 – 19 January 2025
Opening: 11 September 2024, 19.00, during Berlin Art Week
ifa Gallery Berlin, Linienstraße 139/140, 10115 Berlin
curated by Meriem Berrada and Alya Sebti
Press date: We are happy to make individual appointments, please contact us: ifa-Galerie-Berlin(at)ifa.de
Sara Ouhaddou (born 1984 in France, lives and works in Morocco and France) explores in her artistic practice the relationships between artisans and artists. In her solo exhibition Display at the ifa Gallery Berlin, she explores how art and craft intertwine and blur the boundaries of classic 'commissioning'. In doing so, she also addresses the effects of tourism on arts and crafts and the object as a commodity. Based on many years of experience working with craftspeople in the medina of Marrakech, she defines three types of collaboration:
1. the artist commissions a piece
2. the artwork is an object based on joint discussions
3. artisans commission an exhibit from the artist
Unique Moroccan crafts such as ceramics, embroidery, glass design and jewellery were included in their diversity, commissioned or jointly produced. durinh
The exhibition was created in cooperation with MACAAL Marrakech and the ifa Gallery berlin and will open on the occasion of Berlin Art Week 2024.
You can find press images on the press area of the ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen website.
The ifa – Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations actively collaborates with partners worldwide to promote freedom in artistic expression, research, and civil society. It amplifies the voices of activists, artists, and scholars, fosters collaborations, and is increasingly working alongside European partners. Grounded in its core expertise in art, academia, and civil society, ifa cultivates networks to achieve lasting, meaningful change.
Ifa is supported by the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany, the state of Baden-Württemberg and ist capital Stuttgart.
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The Galleries of ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen in Stuttgart and Berlin present contemporary art from a global perspective, addressing post-colonial movements as well as artistic reflections on the themes of migration, the environment, and cultural exchange. Through an approach that observes and re-narrates the world from multiplicitous and plural perspectives, the ifa Galleries shape empowering processes, interactions, and artistic spaces. Central to their mission is cultivating enduring bonds with artists, collaborators, and visitors. Their exhibitions and programming are born out of a collaborative way of working that traces global entanglements and reassembles them into new narratives. www.ifa.d
Corinna Wolfien
Books Communication Art
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ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
presse@ifa.de
Miriam Kahrmann: +49 151 2645 5509
Theresa Brüheim: +49 162 1001121
Alya Sebti und Inka Gressel
Galerieleitung
Linienstraße 139/140
10115 Berlin
+49(0)30 28449110
ifa-Galerie-Berlin(at)ifa.de
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@ifagalleryberlin
Tuesday to Sunday, 2 pm to 6 pm
Thursday 2 pm to 8 pm
Free admission
