This new exhibition at the Arab World Institute in Tourcoing is open to the public until 16 July. The event presents the Moroccan embroidery collections of the Angoulême Museum - mainly from the former Prosper Ricard collection - but also contemporary creations.
Extract from the press release: "In Morocco, embroidery plays a major role in visual culture. They seduce with their subtle nuances, their rhythmic harmonies and the strength that emerges from their compositions, specific to each city or region: Tetouan, Chaouen, Rabat, Salé, Fez, Meknes, Azemmour, or, further south, the regions of Tafilalt and the Anti-Atlas. This exhibition offers you an enchanting journey into this delicate and demanding art, refined and intimate, which has undergone various influences and mutations over time. Original creations imagined by the artist Fatima Lévèque and produced alongside her by two Moroccan workshops, make this exhibition a fruitful dialogue between heritage collection and contemporary creation."
Photo: embroidered doily, Fez, Morocco, late 19th and early 20th century. Copyrights Vincent Lagardère, Alienor.org / Angoulême Museum Collections.