Hassan Hajjaj: My Rock Stars

Hassan Hajjaj: My Rock Stars presents a video installation by Moroccan-born, UK-based artist Hassan Hajjaj, along with a related series of photographs, in a salon installation designed expressly for the exhibition.

The video, My Rock Stars Experimental, Volume I (2012) pays tribute to individuals who—though they may not all be famous—have inspired the artist personally. The video features nine separately filmed performances by an international group of musicians and singers whose influences include hip-hop, jazz, as well as Gnawa (traditional north African spiritual songs by descendants of enslaved west Africans). This exhibition was organized by the Newark Museum.

As the artist has stated when My Art Guides interviewed him during Art Basel 2015 “Most people know my Morocco inspired works but we’ve opened to a new audience with My Rock Stars and it’s nice to see new followers of my works.
Film has made it easier for people to understand the spirit of my work.”