Ahlam Lemseffer, Wafa’a Mezouar, Nawal Sekkat, Leila Cherkaoui and Claudine Lavit Lahlou at the opening of their exhibition in Marrakesh (Asharq Al-Awsat)
Marrakesh, Asharq Al-Awsat—Until a few years ago, women’s presence in the plastic arts such as sculpture and ceramics in Morocco remained limited. While dozens of male names emerged on the Moroccan plastic arts scene— Jilali Gharbaoui, Hassan Al-Kilawi, Mohamed Al-Melihi, Mohamed Shaba’a, Farid Bilkahya, Ahmed Bin Yasif, Mohamed Al-Qasemi, Mahi Binebine, Mohamed Murabity, among others—the number of women in the plastic arts in the country remained low. Among female artists, only Chaïbia Talal (1929–2004) achieved worldwide fame thanks to her “naïve art” paintings that were put on display in several renowned museums and galleries in Paris, New
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