Moroccan artist explores displacement at Tangier museum
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Lekliti, a Moroccan artist, presented an exhibition called “To be Hanging by a Thread” at a museum in Tangier, Morocco.
The show uses the image of thread to explore themes of fragility, displacement, and identity, reflecting on experiences of migration and war. Lekliti created over 30 works using materials like collage, textiles, and carpets. The exhibition features pieces that visually represent disconnection and tension. One installation shows a golden statue with a green cord linking its separated head and body.
Another combines a painting with a red carpet, using a red thread to connect the two. Kenza Yamid, the exhibition’s curator, explained that the thread represents both vulnerability and the potential for everything to fall apart. The museum itself holds historical weight, as it was originally built as a prison in the 17th century and used until the 1970s before becoming a contemporary art space in January 2022.
The exhibition will remain open to the public until the end of November. Lekliti currently lives and works in Montpellier, France, after being born in Taza, Morocco.
