2024-05-09 23:13:16
The Dar El Bacha Confluences Museum reopens its doors with two exhibitions
Rabat – The Confluences Museum, Dar El Bacha in Marrakech reopened its doors to the public on Thursday, after major consolidation work following the impact of the Al Haouz earthquake, according to the National Foundation of Museums (FNM).
For its reopening, the museum is hosting two exhibitions “An art shaped by time: Wood in all its forms” and “The universe of Fatna Gbouri” celebrating the creativity of craftsmen and artists and reminding that art remains a source of hope, underlines the FNM in a press release.
The first exhibition is dedicated to the ancestral know-how of woodwork and highlights the diversity of artisanal techniques, the richness of patterns and ornaments as well as the importance of wood in architecture, furniture and everyday objects. daily life of Moroccans, explains the Foundation, adding that it is an open invitation to travel through time and history, where wood is transformed into a work of art that testifies to a unique cultural expression .
The second exhibition, for its part, is devoted to the work of Fatna Gbouri, a self-taught artist who follows the same artistic approach as Chaïbia Talal and Fatima Hassan Farouj, according to the same source.
The artist has brought to life unique and colorful canvases, revealing simple everyday gestures, rural scenes which represent weddings, births and moments of everyday life. Each of his works invites the public into a universe that is both familiar and captivating, representing Moroccan popular culture.
2024-05-09 23:13:16