Meriem Bennani ’s new solo exhibition has just opened at Fondazione Prada ’s Milan outpost. Taking cues from YouTube videos, reality TV and high-production aesthetics, the multi-sensory world of For My Best Family marks the artist’s most ambitious work to date. The exhibition unfolds across two levels of the Podium, featuring a massive, kinetic installation and an animated film.
The first piece, titled “Sole Crushing,” figures 192 flip-flops and slippers flapping in a “ballet-symphony-riot” of traditional Moroccan rhythms composed by producer Reda Senhaji, better known as Cheb Runner. Elsewhere, “For Aicha,” co-directed with Orian Barki, explores the intimate relationship between a mother and daughter, told through animated jackals. Through complementary languages of realism, autobiography and fiction, the two works converse with one another with humor and harmony.
“A central theme of For My Best Family is how to be together,” the artist notes, “questioning where we start and stop as people.” Across the exhibition, this curiosity shines through with dazzling clarity. Finding beauty in our shared existence, Bennani captures the moment when individual voices converge into a warm chorus.
The exhibition is now on view in Milan through February 24, 2025. Fondazione Prada Milan L.go Isarco, 2 Milan, Italy.
