{"id":126,"date":"2017-09-05T15:26:20","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T15:26:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/demo.curlythemes.com\/art-gallery-wp\/?page_id=126"},"modified":"2025-06-20T09:43:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T09:43:53","slug":"aziz-benja","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/edenartgallery.ma\/en\/about-us\/aziz-benja\/","title":{"rendered":"AZIZ BENJA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div data-stellar-offset-parent=\"true\"  class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid content-padding vc_custom_1504195713546\"><div  class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" style=\"\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h1 class=\"display-2 special-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><small>ARTISTE<\/small>Aziz Benja<\/h1>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space  xtd-spacer\"   style=\"height: 2rem\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" style=\"\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left   xtd-offset-frame\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper xtd-shadow--normal-light  vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/edenartgallery.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/benja2.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"benja2\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_empty_space  xtd-spacer\"   style=\"height: 2rem\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">La nature comme m\u00e9taphore : G\u00e9n\u00e9ralement en art et particuli\u00e8rement dans la peinture figurative, il n\u2019y a pas de monde tout fait qui serait \u00e0 reproduire simplement sur la surface du support.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8 vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-7\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" style=\"\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 5\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>L\u2019artiste-peintre Aziz Benjal\u2019a bien compris, qui s\u2019est depuis longtemps trouve\u0301 sa formule a\u0300 lui, sa conception propre de la nature, ou\u0300 les formes ne sont pas explicite\u0301es et ou\u0300 la lumie\u0300re est de\u0301bite\u0301e en autant d\u2019instantane\u0301s saisis au vol et fixe\u0301s directement sur le support.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_inner vc_row-fluid vc_column-gap-35\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 5\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p>Conside\u0301re\u0301 comme son the\u0300me majeur, le paysage naturel qu\u2019il s\u2019est invente\u0301a certainement des racines fort e\u0301loquentes dans l\u2019histoire de l\u2019art. D\u2019excellents paysagistes sont passe\u0301s par la\u0300, entre autresles Impressionnistes dont la pratique paysage\u0300re avait fait la gloire et chez qui pre\u0301domine la technique de l\u2019articulation colore\u0301e sur la de\u0301notation figurative<\/p>\n<p>Cela est patent dans le jeu modele\u0301 de Benja (les de\u0301grade\u0301s des ombres et de la lumie\u0300re), dans son arithme\u0301tique des touches, et, dans une moindre mesure, dans son choix (partiel et symbolique) de la forme du support, a\u0300 savoir le tondo, qui e\u0301voque cette notion de cycle et de recommencement, partant d\u2019infini.Sans travailler directement sur le motif, ou par le biais de la photo, il s\u2019est cre\u0301e\u0301 un espace quasi illusionniste,en mettant dedans une petite dose de myste\u0300re&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-6\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class='xtd-carousel-mini__container'><div class='xtd-carousel-mini'><div class='owl-carousel' data-autoplay='true' data-timeout='2000' data-hover='false' data-loop='false' data-dots='true'>\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1334\" height=\"1294\" src=\"https:\/\/edenartgallery.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Capture-decran-2025-05-19-a-15.41.49.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"Capture d\u2019e\u0301cran 2025-05-19 a\u0300 15.41.49\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1334\" height=\"1294\" src=\"https:\/\/edenartgallery.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Capture-decran-2025-05-19-a-15.41.42.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"Capture d\u2019e\u0301cran 2025-05-19 a\u0300 15.41.42\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_left\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper   vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1334\" height=\"1294\" src=\"https:\/\/edenartgallery.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Capture-decran-2025-05-19-a-15.41.33.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"Capture d\u2019e\u0301cran 2025-05-19 a\u0300 15.41.33\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-stellar-offset-parent=\"true\"  class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid content-padding vc_column-gap-35 vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex\"><div  class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" style=\"\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper xtd-shadow--normal-normal  vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1976\" height=\"1170\" src=\"https:\/\/edenartgallery.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Capture-decran-2025-05-19-a-15.40.50.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"Capture d\u2019e\u0301cran 2025-05-19 a\u0300 15.40.50\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4 vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-3\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" style=\"\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Dans chacune de ses compositions, on retrouve le m\u00eame regard qui les a fait na\u00eetre :de coloriste subtil, allusif, po\u00e9tique.<\/p>\n<p>Aziz Benja organise donc son espace optique de mani\u00e8re dynamique, il le caract\u00e9rise par des rapports de tons et devaleurssolides et originaux, sans cesser de professer lem\u00eame flou vibratile, qui d\u00e9coule de ses jeux de lumi\u00e8re<\/p>\n<p>Au terme de chaque r\u00e9alisation, appara\u00eet une foule de variations chromatiques comme en \u00e9bullition, des transformations de vue et d\u2019atmosph\u00e8re \u00e0 la limite de l\u2019abstraction, une abstraction aussi lyrique qu\u2019inattendue. Sauf que la strat\u00e9gie perspective de l\u2019artistereste arrim\u00e9e \u00e0 la ligne horizontale,la ligne naturelle, celle du paysage.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div data-stellar-offset-parent=\"true\"  class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid content-padding-lg vc_custom_1504536626860 vc_column-gap-35 vc_row-o-content-middle vc_row-flex\"><div  class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-4 vc_col-lg-3\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" style=\"\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Une strat\u00e9gie se d\u00e9clinant en une focale verticale, mono-centr\u00e9e, parce que seul point de fuite o\u00f9 viennent se rencontrerlesreflets miroitants de l\u2019eau (dormante ou courante, profonde ou qui l\u2019est peu) qui s\u2019\u00e9chappent dans l\u2019air, et l\u2019\u00e9clat azur\u00e9 ou la faible lueur d\u2019un ciel \u00e0 fonction nominale.<\/p>\n<p>De part et d\u2019autre de cette focale, se pr\u00e9sentent, toujours verticalement, des formes v\u00e9g\u00e9tales (arbres, branches tombantes, feuilles) dont le chromatisme changeant all\u00e9gorise le temps et la saison qu\u2019il doit faire. Benja r\u00e9ussit \u00e0 innerver son cadre d\u2019un regain d\u2019harmonie, de paix, de r\u00eaverie, d\u2019\u00e9vasion contemplative, cat\u00e9gories sentimentales pr\u00e9sum\u00e9ment inh\u00e9rentes \u00e0 ce genre de picturalit\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div  class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8 vc_col-lg-offset-1\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\" style=\"\" ><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_center\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper xtd-shadow--normal-normal  vc_box_border_grey\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1976\" height=\"1170\" src=\"https:\/\/edenartgallery.ma\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Capture-decran-2025-05-19-a-15.40.57.png\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"\" title=\"Capture d\u2019e\u0301cran 2025-05-19 a\u0300 15.40.57\" \/><\/div>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ARTISTEAziz Benja La nature comme m\u00e9taphore : G\u00e9n\u00e9ralement en art et particuli\u00e8rement dans la peinture figurative, il n\u2019y a pas de monde tout fait qui serait \u00e0 reproduire simplement sur la surface du support. 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