With Feuilles, Alaoui extends the trajectory begun with Objets trouvés and Anamorphia. Using kraft paper as support, she combines bold black lines and white acrylic gestures to render leaf-like forms that oscillate between figuration and abstraction.
The works foreground a central question of scale: the forms can be read as close-up botanical details or as expansive organic landscapes. The layered backgrounds, brushed in earthy tones, activate the surface, suggesting both material density and atmospheric depth
This exquisite works on paper is masterfully created, embodying the intricate finesse and visionary artistry that our gallery proudly showcases.
Feuilles N 4, 2023. Works on Paper
Feuilles N 4, 2023
From The Feuilles Series
Brou de noix, acrylic and oil sticks on paper
Dimensions: 50 H x 70 W cm.
Signed at the back
Unframed
Born in 1972 in Rabat, Morocco. Lives and works in Paris, France.Graduate of Parsons School of Design, New York.
Rita Alaoui seeks to explore and rethink our relationship with the wild world and imagine connections with the extraordinary. Fascinated by the power of nature, by the healing virtues of plants, and concerned about a disappearing world, she focuses her approach on representing a dreamlike, sacred, and healing nature. Initially a painter, Rita Alaoui varied her modes of creation, ranging from painting to drawing, photography, installation, artist book and more recently video and performance.
With a protocol that may recall that of botany or archaeology, she places collection, accumulation, and observation of natural and seemingly ordinary objects at the center of her work. She collects and meticulously organizes them in the temple that is her studio, granting them a form of unsuspected sacredness or spirituality. She imparts an animistic dimension to each small fragment of bone, stone, seed, or plant.
Her work is regularly exhibited in France, Morocco and internationally.
