Faiza Maghni (Algerian/French, 1964)2

Self-taught painter born 1964 in Oran, Algeria, Faiza Maghni lives and works in Paris. The painting has long been a desire more or less unconscious and totally obscured that has become natural in the future. Fascinated by Persian miniatures, Arabic calligraphy, but also by tribal art and contemporary painting, she is inspired in his work and creates his own universe. Faiza Maghni attempts to translate through his portraits the beauty and complexity of women in his paintings symbolized the richness of costume and expression enigmatic look. His approach in the abstract expression joins the world of his portraits.

Pers

ane

Mal

ika

Les yeux noir

“I paint women-children who want to keep some of this childhood innocence as they grow up. They may aspire to some kind of ‘renaissance,” coming from a serene femininity and proud sovereign of their destiny”

Soir

pour

pre

“The character and the composition are voluntarily timeless. I try to create a moment of poetry out of time, an intimate and hushed atmosphere”

Clair de lune

Refle

ts d

’arg

ent

Profil

Rêve d'Orient

Jihane Petite fille

Soufi

“Costume is the ornament. In my paintings, the ornament expresses attitudes sometimes severe, sometimes austere, other times carefree, and with still others there is a certain majesty. Often I create an exaggeration to express my own intensity. Sometimes costume can be an impressive armor and other times a kind of light and screen that hides or reveals.”

Jardin secret

Ceris

es

Sans

titre

“In my work I seek to convey a certain kind of romanticism inspired by Arabic and Persian poetry, taking my inspiration from the costumes and hairstyles of the miniatures of the past which I find full of subtlety and restraint.”

Comme un poisson

Azur

Cotton

Fushia

Baroque

“I’m also drawn to the symbolic meanings found in tribal jewelry and have reinvented this style in my paintings, such as the giraffe-collared women in Burma and Africa that are simultaneously a symbol of beauty and a forced cruelty.”

Safran

Rena

issan

ce

Rom

antiq

ue

La rose noire

Les deux soeurs 1

Les deux soeurs 2

Le la

goon

ble

u

Sound: Souad Massi - Ghir Enta; Malou

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05.2016