Abdelkrim Ouazzani

We came across an exhibition of work by Abdelkrim Ouazzani. It was set up in the battlements portico entrance to the Kasbah of Oudaias in Rabat, Morocco. These unused public spaces seem to be the venues for exhibitions.

I loved this work - fresh, bold, elegantly simple. I was excited to see some wonderful art work at last.

This is the entrance archway to the portico.

This is what I found on the internet about this artist [translated from French].

"This contemporary Moroccan artist, designer, painter and sculptor, lives and works in Tetouan, near the straits of Gibralta, where he is director of the National Institute of Fine Arts. His work is 'beyond the routine' classifications, and embodies the spirit of childhood. Ouazzani has always been faithful to a world view based on his imagination, fun and play, and the sweet harmony of shapes and colors. The wheel and circle are recurrent themes in his works, creating a simple visual vocabulary which is reproduced, combined, and structured.  His flickering human figures are fragile and full of poetry".

I believe there is somewhat of a Miro influence in this work. The works of the great artists of Spain and France are just across the Mediterranean - a feast for the soul for any present day artist.
These are a couple of Miro's works which I saw in Barcelona a couple of weeks later.

 

 

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