If Tahar Ben Jelloun first conquered the world with the power of his words, his painting is now asserting itself as a work in its own right - autonomous, sincere and deeply inhabited. It's not simply an extension of his writing: it shifts it, transfigures it, questions it. In his painting, Ben Jelloun does not seek effect, still less technical prowess. What counts is the free gesture, the intuition, the almost shamanic act of conjuring up a form, a rhythm, a trace. Her painting, intuitive but far from haphazard, obeys an inner, intimate language, nourished by poetry, pain, light and silence.

Teddy Tibi

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