Latifah A

exploring Identity, belonging, feminism and mythology.

Secrets of the female tribe

Mother knows best, 2018, mixed media painting, 120 x 85 cmthumbnail_20181109_172103 (2).jpg

She kept her secret, mixed media painting, 120 x 85 cmthumbnail_20181109_172124 (1).jpg

Silent borders, mixed media painting, 120 x 85 cmthumbnail_20181109_172108 (1).jpg

Then there was you, mixed media painting, 120 x 85 cmthumbnail_20181109_172055 (1).jpg

thumbnail_20181122_114223 (1).jpgI wanted to make a series of images inspired from archival images of Oman. I started to imagine what stories these ladies from the past would tell me. They belong to a world that no longer exists, time has moved on, yet the spaces they inhabit hold them forever in their walls and mountains.