Choukri Mesli

Choukri Mesli was an Algerian painter and one of the founders of the Aouchem artistic movement Qoutes Bright colors are as difficult to handle as dynamite; they explode against each other, and I love playing with their strength. The drawing must be suggestive and make the viewer understand, but must not be enslaved to the model. Then I become utterly absorbed in my painting: organizing it, conversing with it; dividing it into eloquent rhythms, making it vibrate, bending it to my idea, a slow and laborious battle. The choice is more delicate when it comes to translating a drama: above all, the sense of tragedy must be evoked solely by the resonance of one color with another, or by the violence of contrasts. The sign is stronger than the bombs. Aouchem is part of this dynamic by placing Algiers among the capitals where art is able to make an essential contribution to the world. Aouchem was born thousands of years ago, on the walls of a cave in Tassili. It continued its existence until the present day, sometimes secretly, sometimes openly, depending on the fluctuations of history. Category:Painters from Algeria