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KHALID BEKAY
Born in 1966 in Casablanca, Khalid El Bekaygraduatedfrom the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Tetouanin 1990 and graduatedfrom the Faculty of Fine Arts in Barcelona, engraving section. His first exhibition dates from 1995 in Barcelona. In 1997, he was finalist of the 30th Biennial of painting of Tarragona.
He lives and works in Barcelona and Casablanca.
In the artistic production of El Bekay, we find the cultural and geographical traditions associated with other Western or Mediterranean cultural references. The light of his painting is reminiscent of his Mediterraneanroots; itunfolds in shades of red, yellow or blue.
The artist uses the technique of gray or white paper collage on wood without using sharp instruments. He paints very simple elements, marrying East and West: coffee cup, tea glass, teapot, pear, apple … Their arrangement isreduced to the essential, by juxtaposition of fragments, in an apparent sobriety. This collage technique based on the superposition of papers has givenway to flat colors.
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