Najia Mehadji

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****Michel Gauthier is art historian, curator at the Centre Pompidou, author of several books on contemporary art and modern painting, and author of this monograph.

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A comprehensive retrospective of a unique Franco-Moroccan voice

An expressive and contemplative artist, she draws on both Western avant-garde movements and Mediterranean and Sufi traditions. Her paintings and drawings combine fluid movement, intricate arabesques, and a profound sense of rhythm and space. Each piece is an exploration of the invisible, a dialogue between movement, color, and light.

Mehadji's work is at once deeply personal and universally resonant. It balances intensity and serenity, spontaneity and discipline, inviting viewers to contemplate the inner and outer worlds. She does not impose forms, but lets the gesture and the material reveal themselves, transforming abstraction into a spiritual and poetic experience.

Her oeuvre, simultaneously rooted in tradition and strikingly contemporary, challenges the boundaries of painting and drawing while offering a profound reflection

on time, memory, and presence. This book, retracing four decades of her creation, celebrates the beauty of abstraction and the depth of human experience through art.