{"title":"Abdelkader Laaraj","description":"\u003cp\u003eTiny, brightly coloured figures that glide, spin and dive like birds riding the wind: Abdelkader Laaraj paints a jubilant, weightless world that seems to make fun of gravity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eCareer\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Casablanca in 1950, Abdelkader Laaraj is a self-taught painter and sculptor. Adopted by Asilah, he has frequented since the 1960s and 1970s the writers and artists drawn to the city and its international cultural festival, where his good humour is as well known as his painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eThe dream of flight\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe desire for flight, elevation and altitude structures his imagination: some see in it the logic of dreams or a longing for open space, others the fireworks of a feast with its airborne round dances. The painter Azdine Hachimi Idrissi notes that the hand and brush seem caught up in the very aerobatics they give to these “flying entities”. Behind the apparent lightness of a child’s wonder, the work holds a real depth, and a constant capacity to astonish.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLandmarks\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSelf-taught painter and sculptor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLong association with Asilah and its cultural Moussem\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003ch2\u003eDo you own a work by Abdelkader Laaraj?\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe gallery can examine it: \u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/estimation\"\u003erequest a valuation\u003c\/a\u003e or \u003ca href=\"\/en\/pages\/revente\"\u003econsign it for sale\u003c\/a\u003e at ARTWORKS in Casablanca. The authenticity of every work is checked before it is offered for sale.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch2\u003eIn the same spirit\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eDiscover works by \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/hassan-hachchane\"\u003eHassan Hachchane\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/fatna-gbouri\"\u003eFatna Gbouri\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/mohamed-toumi\"\u003eMohamed Toumi\u003c\/a\u003e, or browse \u003ca href=\"\/en\/collections\/art-for-sale-in-morocco\"\u003eall Moroccan paintings for sale\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0773\/2088\/0442\/collections\/Abdelkader_Laaraj.png?v=1689850236","url":"https:\/\/moroccanpaintings.com\/en\/collections\/abdelkader-laaraj.oembed","provider":"Moroccan Paintings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}