Larbi Cherkaoui: Une expérience-limite de la lettre

Visual artist Larbi Cherkaoui will be presenting his work at the L’Atelier 21 art gallery in Casablanca from April 21 to May 23, 2026, for his second solo exhibition.

Titled Une expérience-limite de la lettre (A Limit-Pushing Experience of the Letter), this exhibition explores the plasticity of the letter, both in terms of form and gesture.

For three decades, Larbi Cherkaoui has been exploring the realm of the Arabic letter, approaching his work in the manner of Sufis, where the journey matters more than any fixed destination.

In this exhibition, Larbi Cherkaoui pushes the letter into new realms of experimentation, moving from the grand to the infinitely small. The small letters assembled into compact masses impose a presence and a dynamic rhythm that make them resemble swarms of bees, constantly in motion, as if ready to change direction or spill out beyond the surface of the work.

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