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Déjà vécu 

Already lived or already experienced

Wax crayons on MG paper roll

100cm x 500cm
2020

Déjà vécu is the first work of the serie referring to the childhood drawings and is specifically connected to a drawing finalised at the ripe age of six years old called Pioggia di stelle (Rain of Stars) that has subconsciously taken roots in the Paduan Scovegni chapel, where Giotto’s frescos were able to be closely observed during a class trip. More exclusively, it is the reinterpretation of the youngling’s drawing for an art contest organised by the local bank, having as main theme infinte space in mind.
As suggested by the title itself, the work has the main aim of reliving a past experience, while also hiding a more obscure meaning amidst it. In fact, it is a reactionary response to a micro traumatic vicissitude lived at the field trip, since because of a stinging clash of cultural and religious upbringing the author of the work at that time had unfortunately been unable to integrally grasp the full and complete meaning behind the frescos, left to only retain the memory of the element that was of easier understanding and interpretation: the starry lapislazzuli ceiling.

Déjà vécu was later presented at the collective exhibition cured by Ciro Saetti at Galleria Civica in Bolzano (6/10 - 14/10/2020) thanks to the project ART’è Donna promoted by the Fondazione Museion (Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Bolzano/Bozen) and the City of Bolzano/Bozen.

Amina El Khatib © 2024

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