MB5: Artist Roll Call (the next 10)

Here’s the second installment of 10 artists who will be showcasing work in the upcoming Marrakech Biennale. I will be updating 10 artists a day from this list until they are all posted, and then I will begin posting some artist interviews. All for your viewing pleasure, of course.

From the website:

Curated by Hicham Khalidi

The exhibition, curated by Hicham Khalidi, invites 43 artists from Morocco and several other countries. The vast majority of the artworks will be site specific, produced in and inspired by the context of Marrakech. The artpieces are diffused between the venues of the 16th century Palais Badii, the Dar Si Said, which houses the Museum of Moroccan Arts, the former Bank Al Maghrib in the middle of the Jemaa El Fna square – This square is the pulsing heart of the Medina of Marrakech, and it has been defined by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity- and a unique art deco building in the area of Gueliz.

The exhibition, curated by Hicham Khalidi, invites 43 artists from Morocco and several other countries. The vast majority of the artworks will be site specific, produced in and inspired by the context of Marrakech. The artpieces are diffused between the venues of the 16th century Palais Badii, the Dar Si Said, which houses the Museum of Moroccan Arts, the former Bank Al Maghrib in the middle of Jamaa El Fna. This square is the pulsing heart of the Medina of Marrakech, and it has been defined by UNESCO as a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity- and a unique art deco building in the area of Gueliz.

Ghita & Hiba Khamlichi Sister prodigies living and working in Rabat

Hamid el Kanbouhi Moroccan living and working in the Netherlands

‘Casting’ (detail), 2011, installation

Hamza Halloubi Moroccan installation artist

Horizon, 2011, color photography, 30 x 40 cm

Hassaan Khan & Ibtesam Gazder Working and living in Saudi Arabia

Hicham Benohoud Moroccan painter and photographer

Hicham Benohoud, Azemmour, 2007

Iman Issa Egyptian installation artist

Common Elements: 54 framed text panels, 14 framed c-prints, five wooden sculptures, five painted white plinths, sources’, panel/caption, Installation, 2013

Jelili Atiku Nigerian sculptor and performance artist

Kader Attia French installation artist

Kader Attia, Ghost, 2007, Aluminium foil

Katarina Zdjelar Serbian video and sound artist

Too old, too tired and too fucking blind

Katinka Bock German installation artist

We’re halfway through the artists of the 5th Marrakech Biennale. In the meantime, follow the Biennale on Facebook to keep up-to-date on the last month of preparation before the show begins.