Ida Kerkovius, Landscape, around 1947, handwoven carpet,125 x 135 cm, Courtesy of Kunstmuseum Stuttgart
The
Essay In the Carpet
by the curators Salma Lahlou, Mouna Mekouar and Alya Sebti of the
exhibition of the same name tells the story of reciprocal historical
and cultural influences between the European and Moroccan crafts of
carpet making from early Avantgarde and Fauvism to contemporary
artists’passion for Berber carpets and Moroccan Pictorial
Modernity. The story evolves around Sheila Hicks, a former scholar of
Joseph Albers and one of the pioneers of textile art who was invited
to Morocco, in the 1970s where the redefinition of the artistic value
of traditional arts was at the center of discussion.
Text
by Salma Lahlou, Mouna Mekouar & Alya Sebti — Oct 25, 2016
