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Abstract Grey Composition with Script - shown to scale
Hassan Bourkia

Abstract Grey Composition with Script, 2017

Estimated price$3,500 – $6,500

Mixed Media on Canvas

50 × 60 cm | 19.7 × 23.6 in

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About the work

Sweeping washes of grey and black dominate this layered mixed media composition, punctuated by fragments of Arabic script, handwritten text, rust-coloured collaged elements, and delicate ink drips that lend the work an intimate, diary-like quality.

Hassan Bourkia (Morocco, 1956–present).

Mixed Media on Canvas, 60 × 50 cm, 2017.

Part of the permanent collection of the Hindiyeh Museum of Arts, Jordan. One of a kind.

Medium
Size
50 × 60 cm | 19.7 × 23.6 in
Year
2017
Rarity
Unique
Certificate of authenticity
Included
Genre
Colours
Black and White, Grey, Brown
Location
Amman, Jordan

About the artist

Hassan Bourkia — Mixed media on canvas , 140 × 140 cm (representative image)
Hassan Bourkia

Morocco, b. 1956

Hassan Bourkia (حسن بورقية), born in 1956 in Morocco, is a contemporary Moroccan artist recognized for his multidisciplinary approach, encompassing painting, installation, and mixed media. Bourkia’s work often explores themes of memory, identity, and the interplay between tradition and modernity, reflecting the complexities of Moroccan society. His visual language is marked by a nuanced use of color and texture, creating evocative compositions that invite contemplation and dialogue.

Bourkia has exhibited extensively in Morocco and internationally, with notable institutional exhibitions at venues such as the Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rabat and the Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris. His participation in group and solo shows has positioned him as a significant figure within the Moroccan contemporary art scene. While his works have been featured in various exhibitions, records of sales at major international auction houses such as Christie’s, Sotheby’s, or Bonhams have not been prominently documented as of the latest available data. Bourkia continues to live and work in Morocco, contributing to the evolving narrative of North African contemporary art.

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Mixed media

Works combining two or more materials — paint, collage, found objects, text, sand — in a single piece. The approach lets artists layer meaning and material, and is widely used in modern and contemporary MENA art.
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Calligraphic Abstraction

Also known as Hurufiyya, this movement reimagines Arabic letters as pure abstract form — a defining current of modern Arab art that fuses centuries of calligraphic heritage with contemporary abstraction.
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