Moroccan modernism Powers, Holiday 1986- creator author. text bibliography History. ohu 2025 2025 monographic eng print xv, 321 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm. "This study focuses on modernism in the visual arts in Morocco, particularly on the artists of the Casablanca school. Their activism, engagement, and interventions in the discourse of postcolonial national culture defined and energized the Moroccan modernist movement. The book follows the artists associated with the group, highlighting Farid Belkahia, Mohammed Chebaa, and Mohammed Melehi, among others. Of particular interest is the long-term collaboration between these artists and the cultural journal Souffles, founded by Abdellatif Laabi. Holiday Powers argues that the pedagogy, structural engagements, and transnational solidarities of this generation of artists are intrinsic to their broader artistic projects and are grounded in the same ideology and stakes. The actual art objects compose only one part of larger multifaceted, consistent, and wide-ranging artistic projects and must be analyzed in relation to these other activities. Powers argues for a reading of Moroccan modernism rooted in a contemporaneous national context yet also arising from a cosmopolitan foundation in dialogue with transnational anticolonial, pan-African, and pan-Arab intellectual movements. This reading does not suggest the existence of a center of global modernism that was being copied in a national context; it instead shows how global discourses were played out and experienced within specific historical, political, and cultural circumstances. Rather than explaining away these transnational connections, Powers posits that they are at the crux of modernism itself-particularly Moroccan modernism. To force a solely national narrative onto Moroccan modernism is to ignore the rich intersections and explorations fomented by the globalism of these artists and their training"-- Prehistories of modernism in Morocco -- Cosmopolitanism and Moroccan artistic modernism : mapping the foundations abroad -- Staging modernism in Deux mille ans d'art au Maroc and the Rencontre internationale -- Localizing modernism in Morocco : the Casablanca École des beaux-arts -- The politics of culture : public engagement during the years of lead -- Third worldism and solidarity -- Art as politics : Palestine and the aftermath of the Six-Day War -- Opening toward the Arab world : art production and Pan-Arabism -- Conclusion: The afterlives of the Casablanca School : the lasting impacts of Moroccan modernism today. Holiday Powers. Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-310) and index. f-mr--- Casablanca École des beaux arts History Modernism (Art) Morocco Artists Morocco History 20th century Artists Morocco History 21st century Postcolonialism and the arts Morocco Internationalism in art Modernisme (Art) Maroc Artistes Maroc Histoire 20e siècle Postcolonialisme et arts Maroc Internationalisme dans l'art Artistes Maroc Histoire 21e siècle ART / General Artists Postcolonialism and the arts Internationalism in art Modernism (Art) Morocco 1900-2099 fast N7390 .P69 2025 700.41120964 New African histories series 9780821425794 9780821425800 0821425803 082142579X 9780821425817 2024023087 POD IEN/DLC 240520 20250802185353.2 in00005654889 eng