1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London 2025 | Common Vision — Moroccan Femininity Reimagined

Loft Art Gallery returns to 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair, London, taking place from 16 to 19 October 2025 at Somerset House (Booth W2).

With Common Vision, the gallery presents a group exhibition featuring Nassim Azarzar, Amina Agueznay, Amina Rezki and Khadija El Abyad — four Moroccan artists whose practices explore the evolving role of femininity in contemporary society. Together they forge new visual languages that transform inherited forms, symbols and materials into works that are both deeply rooted and radically experimental.

At the heart of the presentation:

• Amina Rezki reflects on women’s status in society through a powerful painting that deconstructs the female face as a metaphor for transformation and emancipation.

• Amina Agueznay, trained as an architect, reinterprets Morocco’s craft traditions — palm-husk thread, textiles, beads and found materials — into porous “portals” made in collaboration with Amazigh women weavers.

• Nassim Azarzar draws on Morocco’s hyper-masculine long-haul truck culture to create sculptural and painterly forms where rigidity meets fluidity, revealing unexpected gestures of softness and femininity.

• Khadija El Abyad elevates hair from the private and ornamental to the structural and monumental, presenting delicate, almost ritualistic works sewn between glass and paper.

Across these four practices, Common Vision reclaims Morocco’s visual heritage and situates it firmly within a contemporary global conversation.

Visit Loft Art Gallery at Booth W2 at 1-54 London from 16–19 October 2025 to discover Common Vision.