1960s–1970s · École des Beaux-Arts, Casablanca · Morocco
Casablanca School
The movement
Casablanca School
1960s–1970s · École des Beaux-Arts, Casablanca · Morocco
Teachers at the Casablanca art school, led by Farid Belkahia, who brought Amazigh signs, crafts and popular arts into modern abstraction and took art into the street, as in the open-air show at Jemaa el-Fna (1969).
What to look for
Hard-edged abstraction; the wave motif; Amazigh and henna signs; leather, copper and natural dyes; murals.
Masters of the school
- Farid Belkahia reference ↗
- Mohamed Melehi reference ↗
- Mohamed Chabâa reference ↗
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Works of the school
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