Ceramics were rare at the Casablanca Art School, except for these fantastic macquettes by Abderrahman Rahoule, a student. Photo: Abderrahman Rahoule / Le Sous-Sol Art
Farid Belkahia's Cuba Si, painted in 1961, one year before the then-27 year old assumed control of the Casablanca Art School. Photo: Foundation Farid Belkahia / Tate
Unemployment or Suicide, a 1964 work by Andre Elbaz, one of the professors at the Casablanca Art School who pre-dated Belkahia's tenure. Photo: Andre Elbaz
This work by Abdelkrim Ghattas from 1977 shows the diversity of experiments into hard-edged abstraction in Casablanca at the time. Photo: Private Collection, Marrakesh
Popular understanding of the Casablanca Art School has been dominated by three figures, but this meticulously researched show extols other artists of the period, such as Mohamed Ataallah, with his vivid Composition, Tanger from c.1965. Photo: Mohamed Ataallah Estate / Private Collection, Marrakesh
Mustapha Hafid's layered I Am Yours, from 1975, shows the play with materials and tactility among the artists. Photo: Mustapha Hafid / Yasmine Hafid
A superb example of Mohamed Melehi's iconic waves, from 1969. Photo: Mohamed Melehi Estate / Private Collection, Marrakesh
Mohamed Melehi painted this loose version of his iconic wave in 1969, just as the reforms instituted by him and his colleagues were beginning to take shape. Photo: Mohamed Melehi Estate / Private collection, Marrakesh
Malika Agueznay's 1986 painting is another example of how the form of the wave influenced artists of the coastal city. Photo: Malika Agueznay
Ceramics were rare at the Casablanca Art School, except for these fantastic macquettes by Abderrahman Rahoule, a student. Photo: Abderrahman Rahoule / Le Sous-Sol Art
Farid Belkahia's Cuba Si, painted in 1961, one year before the then-27 year old assumed control of the Casablanca Art School. Photo: Foundation Farid Belkahia / Tate
Unemployment or Suicide, a 1964 work by Andre Elbaz, one of the professors at the Casablanca Art School who pre-dated Belkahia's tenure. Photo: Andre Elbaz
This work by Abdelkrim Ghattas from 1977 shows the diversity of experiments into hard-edged abstraction in Casablanca at the time. Photo: Private Collection, Marrakesh
Popular understanding of the Casablanca Art School has been dominated by three figures, but this meticulously researched show extols other artists of the period, such as Mohamed Ataallah, with his vivid Composition, Tanger from c.1965. Photo: Mohamed Ataallah Estate / Private Collection, Marrakesh
Mustapha Hafid's layered I Am Yours, from 1975, shows the play with materials and tactility among the artists. Photo: Mustapha Hafid / Yasmine Hafid
A superb example of Mohamed Melehi's iconic waves, from 1969. Photo: Mohamed Melehi Estate / Private Collection, Marrakesh
Mohamed Melehi painted this loose version of his iconic wave in 1969, just as the reforms instituted by him and his colleagues were beginning to take shape. Photo: Mohamed Melehi Estate / Private collection, Marrakesh
Malika Agueznay's 1986 painting is another example of how the form of the wave influenced artists of the coastal city. Photo: Malika Agueznay
Ceramics were rare at the Casablanca Art School, except for these fantastic macquettes by Abderrahman Rahoule, a student. Photo: Abderrahman Rahoule / Le Sous-Sol Art