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Farid Belkahia :(1934–2014)
was born into a wealthy bourgeois family in Marrakech. He grew up with his father’s art collectionAfter classes in Teslar’s studio in 1950, Two periods during this time were most influential to his work.Was his stay in Paris between 1955 and 1959, where he studied at the School of Fine Arts..The second significant period for Belkahia was in Prague from 1959 to 1962,Belkahia returned to Moroccoin 1962, showed a clear preference for traditional materials, such as copper and ram’s skin. This was a celebration of Morocco’spre-colonial, multicultural past, as were his many references to Amazigh (Berber) and African material culture (signs from the script of the Amazigh language, patterns of Amazigh carpets, tattoos) and to traditional techniques, such as henna and walnut stain dyes, and the treatment of raw skin.
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