Draft:Amine El Gotaibi
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Amine El Gotaibi (born 1983) is a Moroccan contemporary artist. Based in Marrakech. He exhibited in the courtyard at Somerset House for the 2023 1-54 art fair.
Early life[edit]
El Gotaibi was born in Fes and studied Art at the National Institute of Fine Arts, Tetouan in 2006.[citation needed]
Art practice[edit]
His work is characterised using natural materials, which he links to historical and societal reflections of Maghreb and Africa. The tensions between two opposing positions, forms or materials that have to exist in a discussion for effecting change in a stagnant society.[1]
El Gotaibi was commissioned by 1-54[2] for the Edmond J. Safra Fountain Court at Somerset House in 2023. He presented "Illuminate the Light".[3] This installation consists of 7 corten geometric sculptures inspired by the seeds of a pomegranate that vary in shape, to represent the diversity of the African continent. At dusk, the sculptures transform into luminous installations. Wielding light as a solid medium, El Gotaibi used light as a metaphor to reverse the relationship between source and destination.[2] Gotaibi then encourages the viewer to question the hierarchy of substances and their perspective, reinforcing his core philosophy that "out of darkness, light emerges".[4]
Awards[edit]
- Prize of recognition and cultural merit, from the Embassy of Mexico, Rabat, Morocco[citation needed]
- 2008: Grant from the International Workshops of Contemporary Art, Zaragoza, Spain[citation needed]
- 2009: Grant from Arab Fund for Arts and Culture) Project Ring submission[5]
References[edit]
- ^ "The Open Crate". www.theopencrate.com. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ a b "Highlights from London's 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair". The New York Observer. 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ "Illuminate the light: a deep dive into Amine El Gotaibi's new sculptural installation". African Business. 2023-09-21. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ Jaggi, Maya (2023-10-06). "Artist Amine El Gotaibi: 'Africa has light inside. We have to trust in it'". Financial Times. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
- ^ "AFAC". www.arabculturefund.org. Retrieved 2023-12-15.
Category:African artists Category:Conceptual art Category:Moroccan contemporary artists Category:21st-century Moroccan artists