Aïcha Khorchid
The sea is not blue
Credits
Aïcha Khorchid, Mon Vieux, 2025, organic pigments, latex, rabbit glue, oil chalk and pencils on wood panel, 200 x 200 cm + wooden frame, Courtesy of The Artist and GNYP Gallery. Copyright The Artist
Aïcha Khorchid, La Fête du Travail chez ma Grand-Mère, 2021, organic pigments, latex, rabbit glue, oil chalk and pencils on wood panel, 200 x 200 cm + wooden frame, Courtesy of The Artist and GNYP Gallery. Copyright The Artist
Aïcha Khorchid, Odette la Femme de Ménage, 2022, organic pigments, latex, rabbit glue, oil chalk and pencils on wood panel, 200 x 200 cm + wooden frame, Courtesy of The Artist and GNYP Gallery. Copyright The Artist
Infos
The imagery of Pakistani-born artist Aïcha Khorchid resembles a journey through her life and visualizes her search for security, identity, and ultimately herself.
In addition to the sensual and metaphorical works painted on large wooden panels, which skillfully play with the materiality of their medium and the varying opacity of the paint application, the exhibition uses powerful imagery to address experiences and impressions from Aïcha Khorchid’s post-migrant life in Normandy and Paris. Her almost life-size figures, presented frontally, seek the viewer’s gaze and convey great emotional power. Surrounded by an often cool color palette, they hint at pain and loss. Aïcha Khorchid. The Sea Is Not Blue is the artist’s first institutional solo exhibition.
Curator
Andreas Beitin