Lalla Essaydi Noufissa KESSAR RAJI Une histoire de Paris savante

Une histoire de Paris savante

quand elles se vêtaient de drapés dignes de statues antiques

L’immense célébrité de Van Gogh repose sur une équivoque

sens crypté qui fait d’eux

Sa poésie en portera la marque

Lalla Essaydi Noufissa KESSAR RAJI Une histoire de Paris savanteThe photographs in the book all show women, either a single woman or a group of women; all but a few are veiled, and their clothing is layered, encumbering, both hiding and revealing, and unmistakably if somewhat unsettlingly beautiful. They and their ground (floor, cushions or other furnishings, drapery, and backdrop) are all of a piece, covered entirely by calligraphy, an art form that in Islamic countries has, until recently, been the province of