Baya “Woman of Algiers”
Grey Art Gallery
[Image: Baya "Femme attablées (Women at table)" (1947) Gouache on board, 19 1/2 x 25 3/8 in. Collection Adrien Maeght, Saint Paul, Minnesota © Photo Galerie Maeght, Paris.]
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Baya: Woman of Algiers is the first North American exhibition of works by the self-taught Algerian artist Baya Mahieddine (1931–1998). Known as Baya, she was born in Bordj el-Kiffan and orphaned at age five. Encouraged by her adoptive French mother to pursue art, she began as an adolescent to paint gouaches and make ceramics. Her work was soon discovered by fabled gallerist Aimé Maeght who, along with André Breton, organized an exhibition in Paris in 1947. Baya’s colorful depictions of women, rhythmic patterns, and bright palette drew the attention of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, with whom she later collaborated in the renowned Madoura pottery studio in Vallauris. Celebrated in both Algeria and France, Baya has yet to gain international recognition. Woman of Algiers reexamines Baya’s career within Surrealist, “outsider,” and North-African post-colonial art contexts. The exhibition is curated by Natasha Boas and will be accompanied by an illustrated catalogue.
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from January 09, 2018 to March 31, 2018