Collaborative Painting in North Africa

By ⋅ November 21, 2011 ⋅ Post a comment
The Bouabana Art Space Tunis (Photo: David Black)

The Bouabana Art Space Tunis (Photo: David Black)

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From trendy Coffee bars, we move now… to trendy art. We’re focusing on art associated with a particular North African country — in today’s Geo Quiz. The country we’re looking for is the northern-most in Africa.

The Romans, Arabs, Ottoman Turks and the French.. all put their stamp on this country.

More recently, it was the scene of political protests that inspired what became known as the Arab Spring. Now, imagine a group of artists from this country drawing inspiration from that political activism.

They’ve come up with a style of painting that they call “collaborative painting” or “democratic art.”

Try to name this North African country at the edge of the Mediterranean…..


A novel approach to painting may be taking hold — it’s currently on display in New York. It’s called Tunisian Collaborative Painting. And Tunisia is the answer to our Geo Quiz.

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12 comments for “Collaborative Painting in North Africa”

  • http://www.facebook.com/aourik.omar Aourik Omar

    the arab spring gave birth to new art form 

  • http://www.facebook.com/aourik.omar Aourik Omar

    the arab spring gave birth to new art form 

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Doreen-Trees/100000926937295 Doreen Trees

    I am glad to see collaboration of artists after Tunisia’s transition to cooperate and have consensus together…it’s a start. Now, let the artisans produce artwork that inspires and touches the heart and soul. True Beauty is the challenge…onward.

  • http://www.facebook.com/digitalartlady Martha Hoffer

    Art Professors should have at least one class to experiance a collabrative painting ,drawing in Studio Art . 

  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_YZ76G3XCJ43F3A42OHZ245AYFM Bloody Stool

    LOL Looks like crap!

  • http://www.facebook.com/cmurraybeliveau Cynthia A. Murray-Beliveau

    quite a fascinating concept–too bad our governments and our politicians can’t do the same 

  • Anonymous

    This was a fabulous story and I love the artworks! My dream is to visit Tunisia someday and see more art,meet the artists and enjoy the beauty and rich culture of your country. I am so proud of all Tunisian’s who rose to start the domino revolutions for freedom in N. Africa and the Middle East. What courageous people you are! 

  • http://www.facebook.com/jtors Jason Tors

    This is amazing! I started doing a similar project this summer. http://www.flickr.com/photos/80r6/5963299052/in/set-72157627128100919/ and here is a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BA0xzMaLSMA

  • Anonymous

    Artist James Burns of Seattle will open a show on December first of Collective Automatic Painting done in 1998 in Amsterdam. The Collective paintings can be seen on line under CAPA, ( Collective Automatic Painting Amsterdam ). CAPA works were exhibited in Chinatown, Los Angeles in 1999 and were included in an Exhibition and catalog in Santiago, Chile in 2009 ( El Umbral Secreto ).

  • Anonymous

    Artist James Burns of Seattle will open a show on December first of Collective Automatic Painting done in 1998 in Amsterdam. The Collective paintings can be seen on line under CAPA, ( Collective Automatic Painting Amsterdam ). CAPA works were exhibited in Chinatown, Los Angeles in 1999 and were included in an Exhibition and catalog in Santiago, Chile in 2009 ( El Umbral Secreto ).

  • Anonymous

    Very nice work. I used to live in San Francisco and lived there when the entire alley street behind my house in the Mission District was completely muraled. It was a joy to look out my window every day and see how the murals progressed. They too were a collaborative mural project. Perhaps The World could do a segment on San Francisco murals, they are wonderful. These Tunisians ones are beautiful and have great depth and color, a treasure.

  • http://twitter.com/quidnovi dotty the dog

    coooool