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MONTAZAMI, Morad; DE COLNET, Madeleine; SCHLICHT, Esther (eds.)
Casablanca Art School: A Postcolonial Avant-Garde 1962–1987

Just a few years after Morocco gained inde­pen­dence in 1956, a vibrant center of cultural renewal devel­oped in Casablanca. Led by artists such as Farid Belkahia, Mohammed Chabâa, Bert Flint, Toni Maraini, and Mohamed Melehi, together with students, teachers, and asso­ci­ated artists, the Casablanca Art School soon became a central driver of the devel­op­ment of a post­colo­nial modern art in the region.

The School combined an open­ness toward local history with the new social reality, reassessing the rela­tion­ship between art, hand­i­crafts, design, and archi­tec­ture within the local context. In dialogue with the ideas of the Bauhaus mani­festo, artistic influ­ences from Western metrop­o­lises were considered together with elements of the vernac­ular legacy which had been under­mined during the colo­nial era.

The publication offers a comprehensive overview of the impact of the Casablanca Art School. An essay by Morad Montazami goes through the history of the School, while an essay by Fatima-Zahra Lakrissa deals with Morocco’s vernacular artistic heritage, and an examination of the role and significance of public space is proposed by Maud Houssais.

Published in conjunction with the eponymous exhibition at Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt.

Published by Spector Books, 2024
Design by Bonbon Visuelle Gestaltung
Exhibition Catalogues / Scenes / Postcolonial Studies

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MONTAZAMI, Morad; DE COLNET, Madeleine; SCHLICHT, Esther (eds.) - Casablanca Art School: A Postcolonial Avant-Garde 1962–1987