‘Abstraction plurielle’ Opens at Fondation CDG’s Espace Expressions

Fondation CDG is launching “Abstraction plurielle,” a group show that maps multiple strands of Moroccan abstraction. The exhibition opened on November 13 in Rabat and runs until December 13.

Fez — Espace Expressions CDG hosts “Abstraction plurielle,” bringing together seminal and contemporary voices whose practices have shaped Morocco’s abstract language over decades.

The exhibition assembles works by Malika Agueznay, Fouad Bellamine, Saad Ben Cheffaj, Salah Benjkan, Omar Bouragba, Hassan Bourkia, Mohamed Chabâa, Bachir Demnati, Abdellah Dibaji, Bouchta El Hayani, Safaa Erruas, Mohamed Hamidi, and Mohamed Idrissi. A second cohort features Ahmed Jaride, Mohamed Kacimi, Miloud Labied, Ahlam Lemssefer, Najia Mehadji, Mohamed Melehi, Abderrahman Meliani, Mohamed Mourabiti, Dounia Oualit, Mehdi Qotbi, Mohammed Rachidi, Abdelkebir Rabi, and Abderrahim Yamo.

The show’s visual identity nods to this lineage: the invitation reproduces an untitled 2003 work by Salah Benjkan, whose color fields and gestural overlays echo through later generations.

By placing historical figures such as Melehi, Chabâa, Kacimi, and Ben Cheffaj alongside mid-career and younger artists, “Abstraction plurielle” positions abstraction not as a fixed school but as a living toolkit for material, color, and form.

Curatorial notes foreground the variety of approaches on view. Visitors can expect chromatic architectures and hard-edge planes, lyrical surfaces that flirt with landscape, and material experiments spanning paper, wood, and metal.

The dialogue between practices known for rigorous geometry and those rooted in gesture and texture underscores how abstraction in Morocco has absorbed influences — from craft vocabularies to global art currents — while maintaining a clear local pulse.

The opening took place Thursday, November 13 at 18:00 at Espace Expressions CDG (Place Moulay El Hassan, opposite CDG headquarters). The exhibition remains on view until December 13. Fondation CDG notes the program as part of its ongoing effort to present museum-quality surveys accessible to the wider public in the capital.

Practical information, including visiting details and group enquiries, is available directly from the Fondation CDG team (fondationcdg@cdg.ma, Tél. +212 5 37 66 91 45 / Fax +212 5 37 66 94 37). With a roster that spans pioneers and innovators, “Abstraction plurielle” offers a concise panorama of Moroccan abstraction’s past and present — and a timely reminder of its future-facing energy.