Both intimate and politically engaged, Sara Sadik's videos are impressive for their emphasis on the subject and the creation of a strikingly contemporary artistic language.

Using her daily life, the aesthetics of video games, science fiction, fashion and rap, the Algerian-Moroccan artist invents initiatory stories in which young men from immigrant backgrounds, or even simply from the suburbs, play the main role.

Through their words, which give voice to their hopes and anxieties, Sadik opens up a reflection on structural violence, aiming in particular to deconstruct representations of masculinity.

Beyond the clichés and stereotypes with which she plays, love for oneself and one's own springs up as a source of energy and a form of resistance to oppression and social exclusion.

For her exhibition Ultimate Vatos: Strength and Honour at the Westfälischer Kunstverein in Münster in spring 2022 and its sequel currently on view at the Crèvecœur Gallery, Sadik developed a video installation that delves into his observations on the conditioning of masculinity, traditionally linked to qualities such as physical and psychological strength.

From this three-part narrative - the third part of which will be shown at Statements in June during Art Basel - this conversation seeks to explore questions of production in the work as well as the larger themes that run through it.