Between Memory and Migration pairs the work of Hussein Salim and Mimouni El Houssaïne, whose practices examine how memory, movement and place shape the way identity is understood. Although their visual languages differ, both artists are interested in the lingering effects of displacement and the ways personal histories continue to inform the present.
Salim constructs paintings through layers of texture, symbols and recurring motifs that feel like fragments recovered from different moments in time. Rather than presenting history as fixed, his work suggests that memory is constantly being revised, revealing the complex relationship between cultural inheritance and lived experience.
Working between Morocco and Europe, El Houssaïne approaches similar ideas through expressive brushwork, calligraphic marks and open horizons. His paintings reflect on migration not only as physical movement but also as an ongoing negotiation between places, memories and a sense of home.
Viewed alongside one another, the two practices reveal different ways of navigating questions of belonging. Without offering straightforward narratives, the exhibition considers how memory is carried across borders, how identity continues to shift, and how the search for home often extends beyond geography.
