{"product_id":"casablanca-art-school-a-postcolonial-avant-garde-1962-1987","title":"Casablanca Art School: A Postcolonial Avant-Garde 1962–1987","description":"\u003cp\u003eJust 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublished in conjunction with the eponymous exhibition at Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Spector Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57358075298132,"sku":"A8B-34397","price":36.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1072\/9609\/6596\/files\/casa_1e33505f-5924-4a43-a35d-2338aec11c65.jpg?v=1790813994","url":"https:\/\/after8books.com\/products\/casablanca-art-school-a-postcolonial-avant-garde-1962-1987","provider":"After 8 Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}