HASSAN MUSA

STEAL LIFES

 Galerie Maïa Muller, Paris (France) · 2019

" In my youth I used to be optimistic, I wanted to change the world. I realize today that the world is a dangerous place managed by criminals. I turned "peptimistic". I don't want to change the world anymore but I don't want the world to change me, cause the one who wants to change the world is suspect.

That's where the idea for "Steal Lifes" emerged, literally "stealing lives!", which refers to a situation where to earn the right to live, one must become an outlaw, a thief, a stateless person, an illegal immigrant, an economic migrant,…etc. This title is also a reference to the "still life" painting genre. I use a still life and a self-portrait to talk about the world today. "

- Hassan Musa, 2019.

oeuvre d'Hassan Musa exposé à la galerie Maïa Muller dans le cadre de l'exposition STEAL LIFES

Courtesy of the Galerie Maïa Muller

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« For a little over a year now, he has returned to painting and regained his former dexterity, but without giving up either his other technique of sewing or his taste for the most dazzling and ornate printed fabrics. Nor has he given up his relentless irony or his interest in current events. »

Philippe Dagen, 2019