by Geoff | Jun 5, 2022 | Art, Glastonbury, iPhone, UK
The afternoon commenced with a talk about his work by Frank Harwood, one of the artists noted for painting murals on the walls of Glastonbury. The day then became a little messy with visits to some of the murals followed by visits to the alternative areas of the...
by Geoff | Jun 5, 2022 | Art, UK
The current Henry Moore : Sharing Form exhibition at the Hauser and Wirth Gallery at Bruton, Somerset, is a meditation upon Moore’s early attraction for and inspiration by the monolithic structures at Stonehenge. His daughter Mary is curating the exhibition...
by Geoff | Feb 12, 2020 | Art, Artist, Essaouira, Gnaoua, Morocco
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by Geoff | Feb 11, 2020 | Aisha Qandisha, Art, Artist, Essaouira, Gnaoua, Juif, Mellah, Morocco, Street art
Filali Mostafa paints in a small studio in Jotiya, close to the surging waves of the Atlantic ocean. Sourounded by the detritis of a flea market, his paintings of ordered simplicity and detail could not be further away from the unmitigated chaos of the landscape...
by Geoff | Feb 2, 2020 | Art, Essaouira, Morocco, Music, Sufi
It is with enormous pleasure that I am able to document a group of women playing music in Essaouira. The Haddarates Souiriyattes practice regularly at La Recontre cafe which is next door to where I have resided. The chanting and drumming of Sufi music has...
by Geoff | Dec 12, 2019 | Art, Essaouira, Marabout, Morocco, Regraga, Shrine, Sufi, Zaouia
At dawn, the spirits are lit. Listen to the whispers of the waves Beautiful music, beautiful banner To Sidi Mogdoul I’m heading Great is the joy of Essaouira; Beautiful girls, venerable old men, All are hurrying in the middle of the paths … Some paintings...
