Mohamed Chabâa

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Mohamed Chabâa
محمد شبعة
Websitewww.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]

Biography[]

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 .[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]

References[]

  1. ^ "Chabâa's Concept of the "3 As" - Articles – bauhaus imaginista". www.bauhaus-imaginista.org. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  2. ^ a b c d e "وفاة التشكيلي محمد شبعة الذي داعب الريشة بألوان الشعب". فبراير.كوم | موقع مغربي إخباري شامل يتجدد على مدار الساعة. 2013-07-25. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  3. ^ "وزارة الثقافة تنعي الفنان التشكيلي محمد شبعة – وزارة الثقافة" (in Arabic). Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  4. ^ a b c "Cultural Foundation". culturalfoundation.ae. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  5. ^ "Modern Art in the Arab World: Primary Documents - On the Concept of Painting and the Plastic Language". post. 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  6. ^ "محمد شبعة: الاشتراكي بالألوان, أخبــــــار". archive.aawsat.com. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  7. ^ "Give us a swirl: How Mohamed Melehi became Morocco's modernist master". the Guardian. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
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