Moroccan Cubism
Moroccan Cubism is a contemporary artistic movement founded by Chaimaa Mellouki.
It proposes an autonomous pictorial language rooted in Moroccan, Amazigh, and African cultures, while fully engaging with the international contemporary art scene.
The movement arises from a clear intention:
to articulate a visual modernity that is neither mimetic nor peripheral, but grounded in its own cultural, symbolic, and historical structures.
Unlike historical European Cubism, which focused on analytical deconstruction, Moroccan Cubism operates through symbolic recomposition.
Fragmentation is not rupture, but a principle of assembly, memory, and transmission.
An autonomous visual language
Moroccan Cubism integrates elements drawn from:
vernacular architecture
Amazigh systems of signs
African rhythms
oral and symbolic traditions
These elements are never treated illustratively.
They are transformed into contemporary visual structures capable of engaging with global art history without dissolving into it.
Between memory and contemporaneity
Moroccan Cubism is neither nostalgic nor referential.
It proposes a contemporary reading of the world, where identity is multiple, layered, and dynamic.
Memory becomes material.
Color becomes language.
Form becomes a space of circulation between eras.
An evolving movement
Moroccan Cubism is conceived as a living, evolving movement.
It unfolds through Chaimaa Mellouki’s pictorial series while maintaining strong conceptual and aesthetic coherence.
It addresses collectors, institutions, and cultural actors engaged in a rigorous reading of contemporary art.
