Under the patronage of Mr. Abderraouf Basti, Tunisian Minister of Culture and Heritage Preservation, the National Centre for Ceramics Art is organising an exhibition entitled “Between Two Lines” by artists, Jacqueline Torres and Mohammed Hachicha
Mohammed Hachicha, a Tunisian artist, and a Director of the National Centre for Ceramics Art, has participated in several exhibitions in Tunisia and abroad.
An artist of American origin, Jacqueline Torres began her career, in 1994, by painting on porcelain and creating new forms and objects through combining raku (Raku pottery is created with a specific ceramic firing process that uses both fire and smoke to create unique patterns and designs), enamels and oxides. Torres’s desire to explore the ceramics art motivated her to study the “Arts of Fire” in Vallauris and Monaco and with Daphne Corregan, in Senegal.
She worked in the Czech Republic, China (in Shanghai) and Africa (in Senegal).
Today, Jacqueline Torres lives in Monaco and works near Vallauris, in France.
“Between Two Lines”, between two artists, and two different cultures that express themselves in different ways through one form of art –the ceramics art-, Tunisians will be able to discover the works of Torres and Hachicha from Friday, the 21st of November to Sunday, the 21st of December at National Centre for Ceramics Art “Sidi Kacem Jelizi”.
The exhibition, in homage to Sidi Kacem Jelizi, will be touring other countries, namely Morocco, France and Egypt.
In the Tunisian dialect, jelizi means ceramist. The mausoleum of Sidi Kacem Jelizi is located at the most culminating summit of the Medina (old town). A cemetery close to the ramparts, it takes in the tomb of the Saint ceramist man, venerated by the population and the Hafside sultans for his skills and knowledge.
Founded when Sidi Kacem died in 1496, the zaouia (mausoleum) was restored and enlarged in XVII and XVIII centuries. The pyramidal roof draws attention to the Islamic Occident and similar roofs in the mausoleums of Youssef Dey and Hammouda Pasha