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Colorful oil painting on linen. Beautiful canvas, signed on the back by Rachid Ben Ali. Made around 2004. 1.80 m by 1.90 m. A real eye-catcher.
Rachid Ben Ali (1978) is an autodidact and lives and works in Amsterdam and London. Was born in Morocco.
At the age of 15 he was sent by his parents to the Netherlands. He is an autodidact. Later he attended the Polytechnic of the Arts in Antwerp, Belgium. He lives and works in Amsterdam and London.
In 2001 and 2003 he had exhibitions at the Rumpff Gallery in Haarlem, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and the Wereldmuseum in Rotterdam. Former king Beatrix selected one of his paintings at the introduction of an exhibition in the Stedelijk Museum.
In 2003 he won the KunstRAI award for young artists and in 2005 40 recent paintings by him were exhibited at the Cobra Museum of Modern Art in Amstelveen.
According to the curator of this museum, Ben Ali's aggressive paintings reflect his personal concerns about wars, cultures, discrimination, condemnation of homosexuality and intolerance of religions.
Specifications
ConditionExcellentColorsBlue, White, RedMaterialCanvasNumber of items1StyleModernFirst ownerYesHeight190 cmWidth180 cm