Abdellatif Lasri was born in Casablanca in 1957. He lives and works between Paris and Casablanca. A major figure in the Moroccan contemporary art scene in Europe, he is the founder and president of RISSANI (Association of Moroccan Painters Living in Europe), as well as the founder of Espace Lasri in Paris, an emblematic venue that has enabled numerous Moroccan artists to exhibit their work in the French capital for the first time. His first solo exhibition took place in 1983 at the Maison du Maroc in Paris.
His painting is characterised by a powerful, spontaneous gesture. Lasri favours a progression from black to white, lending his works a strong graphic quality and a distinctive rhythm.
His abstract paintings are often structured around the grid, a recurring geometric form that organises the pictorial space, sometimes boldly asserted, sometimes subtly suggested. The paint, dense and vibrant, is worked with a palette knife, a central tool in his creative process, leaving behind incisions, drips and pronounced relief.
Alongside abstraction, Abdellatif Lasri has developed a series of portraits inspired by both African sculpture and early Cubist paintings. These works pay tribute to the dialogue between African heritage and Western modernity. An artist of in-between spaces, Lasri embodies a genuine bridge between Moroccan and French cultures, asserting a painting imbued with energy, memory and gesture.
Abdellatif Lasri was born in Casablanca in 1957. He lives and works between Paris and Casablanca. A major figure in the Moroccan contemporary art scene in Europe, he is the founder and president of RISSANI (Association of Moroccan Painters Living in Europe), as well as the founder of Espace Lasri in Paris, an emblematic venue that has enabled numerous Moroccan artists to exhibit their work in the French capital for the first time. His first solo exhibition took place in 1983 at the Maison du Maroc in Paris.
His painting is characterised by a powerful, spontaneous gesture. Lasri favours a progression from black to white, lending his works a strong graphic quality and a distinctive rhythm.
His abstract paintings are often structured around the grid, a recurring geometric form that organises the pictorial space, sometimes boldly asserted, sometimes subtly suggested. The paint, dense and vibrant, is worked with a palette knife, a central tool in his creative process, leaving behind incisions, drips and pronounced relief.
Alongside abstraction, Abdellatif Lasri has developed a series of portraits inspired by both African sculpture and early Cubist paintings. These works pay tribute to the dialogue between African heritage and Western modernity. An artist of in-between spaces, Lasri embodies a genuine bridge between Moroccan and French cultures, asserting a painting imbued with energy, memory and gesture.