#Moroccan Artists

[yellowmanula]

We visited the Museum of Berber Culture in Agadir today, which feels more like an intimate contemporary art gallery. The museum mainly focuses on painting, juxtaposing the perspective of Orientalists with the experience of the new school that emerged after 1956, when Morocco regained independence (Casablanca School of Painting) and self-taught artists.

Moroccan artists reinterpret the colonial experience and place a strong emphasis on sociology, seeking an identity profoundly transformed after years of colonization. Orientalists primarily painted exotic landscapes and Berber women in traditional attire. The new school, however, moves away from realistic depictions of bodies and representations, focusing instead on the social evolution of traditional ornaments. It replaces realism and mimicry with expression, geometry, and symbolism.

Apart from the museum staff, we were the only visitors there—the rest of the all-inclusive crew was busy practicing their "lounging skills" 😃 I'll be joining them later today 😃

[paperandsong]

Ghalmi Othmane, Untitled (Morocco / Democratic Way)

The Tricontinental Paris Commune 150 Cover Exhibition, May 2021

[vintagehomecollection]

The Los Angeles House: Decoration and Design in America's 20th-Century City, 1995

[orannotoren]

Jewish Moroccan Henna Brides, Miku and Luka 🩷🩵

I should mention these designs are inspired specifically by a more modern take of the henna outfit, more similar to what my family wore at their henna. Im thinking of drawing a tiny henna miku in a more traditional gown because they are amazing and i almost cry everytime i see one…

[fyblackwomenart]

Jeune fille marocaine aux bijoux by Henri Jean Pontoy  (French, 1888–1968)

[jessythebunny]

🇲🇦°•Happy green march day! •°🇲🇦

I saw a lot of artists who draw Hatsune miku with their countries, so I drew my own Moroccan Miku!! 🇲🇦🩵

Stay safe my bunnies!

[rymoire]

[ILLUSTRATION - MIRAGEVERSE] "Um' Al Nuwr"

2023 was a year of growth and chaos for me.

Unfortunately, the chaos was quite hard to handle, therefore i needed any kind of break life could offer. "No activity on social media" was my safe way (among others) and thankfully, I have quite the experience in being a ghost on the internet.

Hence, after some time i return in 2024 with renewed energy and a some late 2023 illustration !

****************************** Here is "Um' Al Nuwr" ("The Mother of Light" in Arabic), the original creator of the huge universe where most of my stories take place.

In her hands she carries the Three Pillars of her creation : the Mirageverse or, the universe of Mirages.

The Eye

The Lantern

The Heart

"The Lantern bears her Light, to illuminate even the darkest places with life.

The Eye keep watches on each of her Visions, to follow even the dangerously ambitious ones.

The Heart guards all parts of her Soul, to shield even those most heartless."

[stanford-photography]

Moroccan Blues By Jeff Stanford, 2023

Buy prints at: https://jeff-stanford.pixels.com/

[jadeseadragon]

Guillaume Azoulay (Moroccan, b. 1949), High Horses, screenprint, signed and numbered in pencil, edition of 97/100.

[sillysarahsthings]

I tried drawing a Moroccan Miku. 🇲🇦🇲🇦

I honestly love this. :3

[marandsviet]

[perfectlysecretparadise]

this makes me happy. 💙

[fluffy-appa]

Importance of Enjoining the Good and Forbidding the Evil

Some of the Salaf said:

"Whoever leaves off enjoining the good and forbidding the evil out of his fear of people, the respect and obedience people had for him will be removed."

Some of the Salaf said:

"The one who is silent about al-Haqq (the truth) is a mute Shaytan, while the one who speaks Baatil (falsehood) is a speaking Shaytan."

[Ad-Durar As-Saniyyah fi al-Ajwibah An-Najdiyyah 8/74-79]

[ohhnorr]

I’ve been working on moroccan wedding pieces. In which the tackchita’s are drawn by request, and the details are to die for so i truly hope to receive more requests!

Here is one i recently drew for the Hennaya of Leyla

http://ko-fi.com/c/20b5c50ffe

I love my culture, and im so happy to have made the intricacies of the dress and jewellery proud, the composition and Colors have never felt more natural than in this piece. Of course it was hard, the complicated henna and the busy fabric was a challenge, but it made me realise the amount of work is put into the real thing!

behind the scenes of designing or making it

[gothhabiba]

Hassan Hajjaj's "Afrikan Boy Sittin'," 2013. Photograph. Metallic Lambda on 3mm dibond. 142 × 97.5 cm.

[ID: Rapper Afrikan Boy sits on a block on top of a blue-and-white tiled floor, in front of a blue-and-white fabric background. The block is decorated with swirling shapes filled with purple scales and outlined in orange. Afrikan Boy is wearing dark sunglasses, brown suede shoes, a bright green collared shirt, and a two-piece suit with blocks and stripes of blue, yellow, pink, red, and white. He leans back, legs apart, one hand on his hip and the other arm resting across his thigh. The image is bordered with tea cannisters, each of which has a stylised khmissa (hand of Fatima) on it. End ID]

[xpuigc-bloc]

Sophia Bounou

French/Moroccan, born 2002

Humboldt

2023

Oil pastel, acrylic paint, marker, acrylic marker, permanent marker, gesso on canvas

48 x 36 in. (121.9 x 91.4 cm.)