Abdallah HARIRI (Casablanca, né en 1949)
Calligraphic composition, 1973
Gouache on paper
28,5 x 34,5 cm
Signed and dated "73" lower right.
"I am a painter, not a calligrapher; I have exploited the Arabic letter. I have my roots-territories but I have no borders."
Born in 1949 in Casablanca, Abdellah El Hariri attended the Casablanca School of Fine Arts from 1966 to 1969. In 1973, he enrolled at the European Institute of Architecture and Design in Rome and in 1980 he did an engraving course in Lodz, Poland. El Hariri is a painter and graphic designer and his first solo exhibition took place in 1973 in Casablanca.
