Mohamed Mrabet

Né à Tanger le 8 mars 1936.
De son vrai nom Mohammed ben Chaib el Hajjem, il est écrivain et artiste peintre. Cet artiste est surtout connu en Occident pour ses collaborations avec Paul Bowles, William Burroughs et Tennessee Williams.

Mohammed Mrabet (real name Mohammed ben Chaib el Hajjem) (8 March 1936 -) is a Moroccan author artist and storyteller of Berber heritage from the Beni Ouraaghil tribe in the Rifian Mountains. Mrabet is mostly known in the West through his association with Paul Bowles, William Burroughs and Tennessee Williams. Mrabet is an artist of intricate, yet colorful, felt tip and ink drawings in the style of Paul Masson or a more depressive, horror-show Jean Miro, which have been shown at various galleries in Europe[1] and America.[2] Mrabet’s art work is his own: very loud and intricate, yet comparable with that of his contemporary, Jillali Gharbaoui (1930-1971.) Mrabet is increasingly being recognized as an important member of a small group of Moroccan Master Painters who emerged in the immediate post Colonial period[3] and his works have become highly sought after, mostly by European collectors.

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