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Massoud Hayoun: Between Broken Promises, Harissa

Past exhibition
9 - 24 May 2024
Massoud Hayoun, “ceda el paso • صوت ا9اما ثورة • bodies on the gears • embouteillage divine • el pueblo las abraza”, 2024

Massoud Hayoun LOS ANGELES, USA, b. 1987

“ceda el paso • صوت ا9اما ثورة • bodies on the gears • embouteillage divine • el pueblo las abraza”, 2024
Acrylic on canvas
30 x 48 in
76.2 x 121.9 cm
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This piece is a tribute to the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, who braved torture and death to demand to know the whereabouts of their disappeared children during Argentina’s military...
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This piece is a tribute to the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo, who braved torture and death to demand to know the whereabouts of their disappeared children during Argentina’s military dictatorship of the 1970s and 80s. The planes used by the dictatorship to drop bodies into the sea can be seen flying overhead.

The production of harissa is a recurrent symbol of indignation against patriarchy and autocracy. Here harissa graces the table at the heart of the square, where Hayoun’s grandmother sits in solidarity with the women, just as she walks arm in arm with them around the square. Peaked mountains of harissa rise alongside them, dwarfing the buildings of power and the regime they symbolise.
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