Oct 19 - Space 92 Opens Its Doors To Morocco With Leila Cherkaoui Exhibition
Space 92 opens its doors to international artists and will host the exhibition ‘Signe sans Signe / Sign without Sign’ by the Moroccan painter Leila Cherkaoui. The exhibition is sponsored by Hyperion Solution Partners and GreenStar.
Leila Cherkaoui was born in 1962 in Casablanca, where she lives, works and has created a space for meetings: the Creative Workshop. Self-taught, she has exhibited since 1992, with both individual and group exhibitions in Morocco and abroad (especially in Casablanca, Rabat, Asilah, Tournon-sur-Rhône, Monaco and Portland).
Leila Cherkaoui started painting very early when she was eight years old. Painting was Leila’s lifesaver as she lost her parents when she was a child and art became her language of expression.
Old buildings and traditional architectures inspire Leila Cherkaoui’s work. Her paintings of the Medinas and places of worship with sketched characters wandering between shadow and light arcades are impressive. Her style can be described as abstract expressionism. From the perspective of the artist her “painting wavers between the new figurative and abstract expressionism”.
A spokesperson said: “Each painting shakes the image as if looking for an ancestral and perpetual movement; each combat nears paroxysms; each commitment tickles breaking points; each scrimmage procrastinates, swings, sways, floats before it enters the fight and the intimate ecstasy of desire. There is a Sufi side to these ancient buildings, on which the light shines from above.
“Leila paints what she feels. She expresses what is buried deep within herself. Her works focuses on a highly fragmented architecture. Hers is a gestual painting.
“Leila is, undoubtedly, one of the revelations of the arts scene in recent years. Her exhibitions have always been welcomed because they bring a new breath to creation in Morocco.”
The exhibition ‘Sign without Sign’ will start on the 21st of October, will be open for the public from 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, at 92 Irish Town until the 21st of November. For further information, please contact at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
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