OFF _ Tmecha Fel Medina, le parcours et l'exposition _ Dar Moulay Ali, Marrakech
06.10.2017 – 31.12.2017
Supported by the city of Marrakech, the Montresso* Foundation presented in July 2017, in collaboration with Awaln’art and the French Institute of Marrakech, the project Tmecha Fel Medina.
It is a artistic and cultural course, inspired by places, tales, legends and stories of life. Jace paced the medina, accompanied by many children and intrigued inhabitants. He realized fifteen murals from the Mellah to the Sidi Youb square.
CULTURAL SEASON 2018-2019
Jardin Rouge - Présentation de projet de résidence
Architectures inachevées - Roxane Daumas
15.10.2018 – 30.11.2018
The Montresso* Art Foundation presents the project of Roxane DAUMAS “Architectures Inachevées” (Unfinished architectures) at the helmets’ salon of the artists residency Jardin Rouge.
« Architectures Inachevées” (Unfinished architectures) is the continuation of a plastic research on fluttering territories. Roxane Daumas focused on an unfinished hotel since six years in Marrakech. Decayed by time, stigmata of an era of uncontrolled real estate speculation, these concrete skeletons have become temples, witnesses, and a paradigm of our contemporary inconsistencies.
Espace Montresso*
JONONE - ILLUMINER LE FUTUR
15.11.2018 – 15.02.2019
At the invitation of the Ministry of Culture and Communication, the artist JonOne created for the Kingdom of Morocco an original work that covers the tower of the National Library of the Kingdom of Morocco. This gigantic work of 300m2, the largest ever dared and painted by the artist, was unveiled on November 13, 2018.
On that occasion the National Foundation of Museums and the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art are dedicating an exhibition to JonOne, with the support of the Montresso* Foundation* : « Illuminer le Futur ».
The exhibition will be open to the public at the Mohammed VI Museum in Rabat, from November 15, 2018 to February 15, 2019.
Espace Montresso*
SIBERIA - Hendrik BEIKIRCH
05.11.2018 – 31.12.2018
The Montresso* Art Foundation presents with the German artist Hendrik Beikirch the Siberia project. The exhibition SIBERIA will take place at the Montresso* Art Space in November 2018.
“The story of a country is always told best by the faces of its people. For the Siberian series, I am trying to convey singular stories by individuals, as if it is a narration… The end goal is that these individual stories reflect on the essence and soul of this country’s extended region.” Hendrik Beikirch
OFF-SITE
URBAN MEMORIES - KATRE
La CONSERVERIE, Marrakech
29.11.2018 – 22.12.2018 November 29 to December 22, 2018
As part of the professional meetings « Art and town planning: rethinking the city – African expertise » at the invitation of Awaln’art, the Montresso* Art Foundation presents the project for the exit of residence « URBAN MEMORIES » by artist Katre. Katre immersed for two months and explored the industrial district of Marrakech to discover and to show us these abandoned places. Its « Urban Memories » exhibition aims to create an urban walk around the walls of the Conserverie, through the trompe-l’œil artefact, in order to unveil the multiple memories of the places and people who worked in the district and the factories.
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