15/02/2024
The Al Mada Foundation celebrates the art of printmaking by unveiling an original project in partnership with the Chraibi Abderrazik Foundation, entitled: Musée de l'Estampe workshop. This is an opportunity to discover prints produced over the past 50 years by the Marsam Graphic Art Workshop, as well as a set of engravings in tribute to the great Moroccan artist and master engraver, Aziz Abou Ali. 50 years ago, Rachid Chraïbi and Zineb Abderrazik founded Marsam, a contemporary art gallery and Morocco's first print workshop. Working with renowned visual artists, the studio has produced fine art serigraphs, etchings and lithographs. Produced in limited editions, signed and numbered, these prints make it possible to move from the creation of one-off works to the production of shared original works. Marsam has also published portes folios d'art, bringing painters and writers together around thematic projects for bibliophile books. Enriched by this great experience and driven by the desire to perpetuate and pass on this knowledge, Rachid Chraïbi, Zineb Abderrazik and Khalil Amr Chraïbi have created the Fondation Chraïbi Abderrazik and are working on the project of a Print Museum Workshop at The Factory, a 1940s industrial building in Aïn Sebâa rehabilitated as an Art Center. Artists on show: A. Abou Ali, M. Benallal, M. Benmoussa, F. Belkahia, F. Bellamine, M. Belkouch, A. Bendahmane, S. Benjkan, M. Bennani (Moa), A. Benyessef, M. Binebine, K. Boulata, M.Chebaa, S. Cheffaj, M.Chraïbi, A. Dibaji, H. El Glaoui, B. El Hayani, F. Hassan, M.Hamidi, S. Housbane, M.Kacimi, A. Kakon, M.Krich, A. Laaraj, B. Maoual, M. Meghara, M. Meziane, A. Meliani, M. Labied, H. Miloudi, M. Qotbi, A. Raji, A. Sadouk, B. Sadouk, M. Snoussi. Interactive lithography, art serigraphy and etching workshops will be set up in the 3 exhibition sections: - Production workshop: in each workshop, master printers work with artists to produce prints throughout the exhibition period. - Monstration: the printmaking workshops are open to the public. - Training: Each workshop will train students from the School of Fine Arts. - Introduction to linocut: a linocut workshop will be set up for an introductory program for school groups and the general public. Master printers: - Master lithographer: Frédéric Possot - Master silkscreen printer: Noureddine Fathy - Master classical engraver: Malika Agueznay - Master contemporary engraver : Mustapha Belkouch - Master linocutter : Etienne Mommaerts Exhibition from February April 15 to 30, 2024 Opening: Thursday February 15, 2024 from 7:00 pm at the Villa des Arts, Casablanca. For further information, visit https://www.villadesarts.ma.