La salle de classe
1994 – 2002
© Hicham Benohoud by SIAE 2023
Courtesy of the artist and Katharina Maria Raab Gallery / Berlin
HICHAM BENOHOUD
La Salle de classe
Hicham Benohoud created the project La Salle de classe between 1994 and 2000, when he worked as an art teacher in a school in Marrakech, Morocco. The subjects are the artist’s students. The classroom space is transformed into an improvised photography studio where the models are called upon to play themselves, resulting in an unprecedented composition somewhere between sociological exploration and puppet theatre. In constituting a portrait of the future of an entire society and an open glimpse into the dreams and mysteries of its components, Benohoud’s images also reflect a game, simple and elementary, such as that of any teenager simply standing in front of a camera.
Location
Genus Bononiae / San Giorgio in Poggiale
Biblioteca d’arte e di storia
Via Nazario Sauro, 20/2
OPENING HOURS
TUESDAY–SUNDAY, 10AM–7PM
BIOGRAPHY
Hicham Benohoud (Marrakech, Morocco, 1968) is an artist who lives and works in Marrakech. Since his first exhibition in 1998, through surrealist-inspired staging, the artist has been shaping a reflection on Moroccan culture and social structures. Benohoud mainly works with photography, but his artistic practice also includes performance, painting and installation.
His work has been exhibited in numerous contemporary art institutions and events, including the VU Gallery (Paris), the Grand Palais (Paris), the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris), the Gwangju Biennial (South Korea), the Rencontres d’Arles, the Palais de Tokyo (Paris), the Aperture Foundation (New York), the
Maison Européenne de La Photographie (Paris), Les Rencontres Photographiques de Bamako (Mali), and the Dak’Art Biennial (Dakar, Senegal). His works are part of the permanent collections of museums such as the Tate Modern in London and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
La salle de classe
1994 – 2002
© Hicham Benohoud by SIAE 2023
Courtesy of the artist and Katharina Maria Raab Gallery / Berlin
Location
Genus Bononiae / San Giorgio in Poggiale
Biblioteca d'arte e di storia
Via Nazario Sauro, 20/2
OPENING HOURS
TUESDAY–SUNDAY, 10AM–7PM
The Church of San Giorgio in Poggiale, of ancient Longobard origin, was planned and realized between 1589 and 1633 by the architect Tommaso Martelli and then consigned to the priests of the Servite Order until 1798. Following the partial destruction after an aerial bombardment in 1943 the church was deconsecrated and deprived of its artworks. The building was then acquired by the Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna and after an accurate restoration it was destined as a home for its collections. Since 2009 the Church has hosted the Library that bears its name as well as important contemporary artworks: Campo dei Fiori and the monumental Delocazione by Claudio Parmiggiani, and the cycle Cattedrale by Piero Pizzi Cannella.
La salle de classe
1994 – 2002
© Hicham Benohoud by SIAE 2023
Courtesy of the artist and Katharina Maria Raab Gallery / Berlin
