Mohamed Chabâa | |
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محمد شبعة | |
Born | 1935 Tangier, Morocco |
Died | 2013 |
Other names | Mohamed Chabaa |
Education | School of Fine Arts of Tetuan, Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma |
Occupation(s) | Visual artist, designer |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Modernism |
Website | www.mohammedchabaa.com |
Mohamed Chabâa ( Arabic: محمد شبعة; 1935–2013) was a Moroccan visual artist. [1] [2] [3] [4] He was a member of the Casablanca School [5] and a leader of contemporary art and modernism in the Global South. [4] His multidisciplinary approach to art became emblematic of the cultural awakening that took place in Morocco in the period following the end of the French Protectorate. [4]
He was born in Tangier in 1935. [2] He studied at the School of Fine Arts of Tetuan. [2] From 1962 to 1964, he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. [2] In 1966, he was hired as a professor at the School of Fine Arts of Casablanca and at the National School of Architecture in Rabat. [2] He was against the classification of Moroccan art as "folklore" or naïve art, and published his ideas in the literary magazine Anfas. [6] Along with his friends and colleagues Mohamed Melehi, Farid Belkahia, and others, Chabâa became involved in the modernist movement known as the Casablanca School. [7]
Mohamed Chabâa | |
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محمد شبعة | |
Born | 1935 Tangier, Morocco |
Died | 2013 |
Other names | Mohamed Chabaa |
Education | School of Fine Arts of Tetuan, Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma |
Occupation(s) | Visual artist, designer |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Modernism |
Website | www.mohammedchabaa.com |
Mohamed Chabâa ( Arabic: محمد شبعة; 1935–2013) was a Moroccan visual artist. [1] [2] [3] [4] He was a member of the Casablanca School [5] and a leader of contemporary art and modernism in the Global South. [4] His multidisciplinary approach to art became emblematic of the cultural awakening that took place in Morocco in the period following the end of the French Protectorate. [4]
He was born in Tangier in 1935. [2] He studied at the School of Fine Arts of Tetuan. [2] From 1962 to 1964, he studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma. [2] In 1966, he was hired as a professor at the School of Fine Arts of Casablanca and at the National School of Architecture in Rabat. [2] He was against the classification of Moroccan art as "folklore" or naïve art, and published his ideas in the literary magazine Anfas. [6] Along with his friends and colleagues Mohamed Melehi, Farid Belkahia, and others, Chabâa became involved in the modernist movement known as the Casablanca School. [7]