Alaoui practice blends references from botany, herbalism, animism, ritual, and ancestral knowledge, weaving a unified territory that transcends borders between Morocco and other lands. Through this, she aims to convey the interconnectedness of life and cultures, promoting ecological awareness, sustainability, and care for our planet. As an artist, Alaoui seek to rethink our relationship with the world, reinterpret the familiar, and imagine connections with the extraordinary.
An evocative painting that perfectly combines natural beauty with elegance.
Landscape with tree trunks, 2023. Painting
Landscape with tree trunks, 2023
Acrylic and oil sticks on linen
Dimensions: 140 H x 130 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.
