Title: Mirror, Mirror
Artist: Mohamed Thiam
Medium: mixed media on paper
This piece is about perception, how people see or perceive themselves and others depending on the social, political and geographical context. I am curious about the double effect of stereotypes and prejudices, whether of sex, race or religion—how in uneducated hands, they become both a source of empowerment, as well as a source of oppression. I am curious abou their consequences on one’s identity development and want to expand the visual vocabulary for those ideas.