Mohamed Melehi 1936-2020
Untitled, 2008
Silkscreen print on paper
60 x 55 cm
23 5/8 x 21 5/8 in
23 5/8 x 21 5/8 in
Edition of 100
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Mohamed Melehi ( 1936 - 2020) was a leading figure in Arab abstract art and one of the original founders of the Casablanca Art School (together with Farid Belkahia and...
Mohamed Melehi ( 1936 - 2020) was a leading figure in Arab abstract art and one of the original founders of the Casablanca Art School (together with Farid Belkahia and Mohamed Chabaa) an avant-garde group that radically questioned cosmopolitan abstraction and art pedagogy within the context of colonial powers and influences.
His work resists the East/West divide resulting in a dialogue between Moroccan traditional and popular craft, whilst also connecting to the Hard Edge painters of the 1960s.
His work resists the East/West divide resulting in a dialogue between Moroccan traditional and popular craft, whilst also connecting to the Hard Edge painters of the 1960s.