“Seeing is Believing” is the title of a solo show by mounir fatmi opening tonight at Galerie Hussenot, 5 bis, rue Haudriettes, in the 3rd. This eagerly anticipated exhibition is fatmi’s first show with the gallery and his first solo show in Paris in nearly 2 years. “Seeing is Believing” continues fatmi’s exploration of the connectivity between large social structures such as architecture, religion, politics and art history,as well as the minute relationships found in everyday existence. This is perhaps most evident in a series of prints that line the wall with statements that read, “Minimalism is Capitalist,” or “Futurism is Facist.” They are semi-jokey but at the same time imply other readings of classic art historical movements. The visual language of Russian constructivism, such as Malevitch’s iconic “Black Square” is referenced in works such as the large square set high up on the wall, built from black VHS cassettes and in the video piece showing censored text of FBI files of interviews with the black panther’s that has been reduced to the essential forms of black and white. 

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