Turin: Veil street art
BR1 also has a video of their work. They also posted on their site more of their pictures, from London and Turin. Despite what they say below, they're not the only ones dealing entirely with this subject: a street artist in Paris is busy drawing hijab on ad posters.
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"My project deals with the representation of Muslim women and their social condition. I was been studying and dealing with this theme for years. As you can imagine, here in Turin, my posters are seen as an ambiguous subject. Some people mislead and rip them, while others love them. I would like to make people know that there is nothing strange with this particular subject: Muslim women are equal if compared to Western women. My Muslim women are represented in daily life situations: they are mothers, grandmothers and daughters, smoking, taking pictures and smiling. My message is: pointing out that Muslim women have the same needs and necessities of the majority of Western women. Certainly, the only exception is the veil. The veil changes in different countries, and here comes the sociological aspect of my work: I am very careful in rendering the different types of veil, the Maghrebi veil, the Afghani burga and the Iranian chador.
In my opinion, nowadays it's crucial to conceive street art as a tool to spread social messages. Moreover, I made a deep research and I discovered that I am the only artist, in the street art movement, that deals entirely with this topic. Isn't it strange? In general, the woman is the best source of inspiration for artists, why Muslim women wouldn't be the same? I would like to create a network of artists of all nations, about this subject, eventually to compare the different viewpoints.
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Source: Wooster Collective (English), h/t Bivouac-ID, Al-Kanz
See also: Paris: Graffiti artist hijabizing ads
BR1 also has a video of their work. They also posted on their site more of their pictures, from London and Turin. Despite what they say below, they're not the only ones dealing entirely with this subject: a street artist in Paris is busy drawing hijab on ad posters.
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"My project deals with the representation of Muslim women and their social condition. I was been studying and dealing with this theme for years. As you can imagine, here in Turin, my posters are seen as an ambiguous subject. Some people mislead and rip them, while others love them. I would like to make people know that there is nothing strange with this particular subject: Muslim women are equal if compared to Western women. My Muslim women are represented in daily life situations: they are mothers, grandmothers and daughters, smoking, taking pictures and smiling. My message is: pointing out that Muslim women have the same needs and necessities of the majority of Western women. Certainly, the only exception is the veil. The veil changes in different countries, and here comes the sociological aspect of my work: I am very careful in rendering the different types of veil, the Maghrebi veil, the Afghani burga and the Iranian chador.
In my opinion, nowadays it's crucial to conceive street art as a tool to spread social messages. Moreover, I made a deep research and I discovered that I am the only artist, in the street art movement, that deals entirely with this topic. Isn't it strange? In general, the woman is the best source of inspiration for artists, why Muslim women wouldn't be the same? I would like to create a network of artists of all nations, about this subject, eventually to compare the different viewpoints.
(more)
Source: Wooster Collective (English), h/t Bivouac-ID, Al-Kanz
See also: Paris: Graffiti artist hijabizing ads
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