Moroccan painter, sculptor and novelist Mahi Binebine has just marked his return to the art arena in New York City. After more than two decades of absence, the artist reconnected with his “creative stronghold” of the 90s through an exhibition whose opening took place on Wednesday evening in the American megalopolis.
Admirers of Mahi Binebine’s works met at the Sapar Contemporary Art Gallery in the heart of New York’s artistic district, Tribeca, to appreciate the works fashioned with meticulous care and a depth noted by the artist during the last ten years.
Throughout this exhibition entitled “On the Line” which continues until April 5, Binebine takes the visitor into his world of creation and creativity, through his paintings and sculptures which represent silhouettes in departure, bent backs, trampled men and bodies curled up on themselves.
“Binebine’s works trace the contours of individuality, family, history and socio-political change in North Africa in a once universal and particular way, using line to illustrate scenes suggesting that at any time, we could also be the subjects of this narrative,” reads an introductory note published on the official website of the Sapar Contemporary Art Gallery.
In this regard, Rachel Winter, curator of this first Mahi Binebine exhibition in New York, indicates, in an essay published on this occasion, that Binebine’s distinct approach simultaneously opens “windows” onto other experiences and mirrors through which “we can see ourselves in this narrative, or offer a point from which we can glance into a past that could become our future”.
Along the same lines, the executive director of the Sapar Contemporary Art Gallery, Nina Levent, told MAP that Mahi Binebine’s works shine the spotlight on entire sections of history and describe humanity in all its forms. .
At the same time, Ms. Levent expressed her pride in welcoming the work of Binebine, the first North African artist to exhibit his works in this gallery located in the heart of Lower Manhattan.
For his part, Bertrand Epaud, specialist in artistic liaison, indicated that this exhibition allows the general public to rediscover Binebine’s works and to take stock of a whole aspect of his work which focuses in part on masks, noting that his work “arouses the interest of major American and foreign public collections”.
2024-03-01 23:21:12
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