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| THE ADAM COLLECTION A selection from the exhibition MOROCCAN CARPETS AND MODERN ART |
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During the Design Month Graz 2015 we show a fine selection from one of the largest + most prominent private collections of Berber rugs in Europe. Fascinated + surprised by the similarity between the imagery of Moroccan rural rugs + paintings of the modernist period in Europe + the US the Munich architect Juergen Adam has been searching for formal connections between modernist artworks + Berber rugs for more than 40 years. |
| DIE SAMMLUNG ADAM Spitzenstücke aus der Ausstellung MAROKKANISCHE TEPPICHE UND DIE KUNST DER MODERNE |
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Anlässlich des Design Monat Graz zeigen wir eine Auswahl aus einer der größten Privatsammlungen alter marokkanischer Berberteppiche. Von der formalen Verwandtschaft |
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| 7. - 30. Mai 2015 Leonhardstrasse 12, 8010 Graz |
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| A highly exceptional Boujad rug from the former collection of the legendary Marrakech dealer Abdelhay Alouani Bibi on the right hand wall. One of the favourite pieces of the collector. |
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| A row of exceptional rugs from the Boujad region at the entrance of the exhibition |
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| a group of rugs from the Jebel Siroua region + an embroidered head scarf from the Pre-Sahara in southern Morocco |
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| left to right: a highly exceptional Rehmna rug from the Haouz plains, a rare dark ground Zenaga rug from the Jebel Siroua region + an embroidered head scarf from the Pre-Sahara in southern Morocco |
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| a warm yellow Zenaga rug in the foreground, a red/purple/black slightly blurred checkerboard rug from the Beni Mguild in the central Middle Atals in the center + a highly rare + unusually fine white ground Zaer rug on the right. |
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| variations on checkerboard designs (from left to right): a lovely + lively Boujad saddle cover, a classical black+white checkerboard rug from the Ait Ouaouzguite or Zenaga in the Jebel Siroua region |
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| a highly rare white ground Zaer rug on the left, two monochrome 'rothkoesque' Beni Mguild / Ait Sgougou rugs from the Mrirt region in the center + an exceptional Boujad saddle cover to the right |
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| a monochrome Beni Mguild / Ait Sgougou rug from the Mrirt region with complex colour variation in the center, a rare black Beni Mguild rug in the background + an exceptional Boujad saddle cover to the right |
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| a Rehamna rug from the Haouz plains with very rare dark brown/purple ground colour |
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| an elegant + minimalist Rehamna rug on the floor + another Rehamna rug with rare dark brown/purple ground colour to the right. In the background left to right: A Zenaga rug from southern Morocco with enigmatic concentric diamond design to the left, a very rare dark celadon coloured rug from the Beni Mguild in the central middle Atlas in the center + a rug from the Haouz plains with rare brown colour |
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