black with a mount · Casablanca · Grammar of the 1960s
Flat Fields
In the grammar of the Casablanca School · Grammar of the 1960s · Casablanca
- Giclée on 200gsm archival matte, pigment inks
- Printed to order in Europe and posted to you
- Framing is optional, and framed prints arrive ready to hang
About this piece
Interlocking flat fields with crisp edges, derived from zellij geometry and deliberately not symmetrical. The school's argument was that the country already had a modernism in its craft and did not need to import one; painting the geometry flat rather than picturesquely is what that argument looks like.
Ochre, deep green, cream, black
Grammar, not a work
The artists of this movement are still in copyright and none of their paintings are reproduced here. What we take is the grammar — the flat fields, the hard edge, the refusal of the easel — the way a painter takes a manner without taking a picture.
