Tunisian Collaborative Painting Comes To NYC (DETAILS)
Tunisian Collaborative Painting (TCP) was created by Hechmi Ghachem in 1988 to help artists survive under the oppressive regime of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
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Recognizing that it was dangerous for artists to work individually, Hechmi formed Brigades of artists to work collaboratively on a single canvas. Operating with these four simple rules, groups of painters create works that appear as if created by a single painter:
1. A designated member of the team starts the painting and that person will also be the one who decides when it is finished within the allotted time period (usually 2–3 hours).
2. Anyone on the team can paint at any time.
3. Anyone can paint over another team member’s work.
4. Another designated member is an arbiter in case of a dispute.
American artists, and anyone really can experience collaborative Tunisian painting starting today at the Art Student’s League in NYC. For four days, artists will have the opportunity to learn about the important role collaborative painting played in the Tunisian revolution and in the Arab spring in workshops developed by Fulbright Scholar David Black,Tunisian Collaborative Painting creator Hechmi Ghachem, Mourad Zerai and Olfa Jegham.
For more info visit ASL’s website!
November 14 – 18
Art Students League of New York,
215 West 57th Street, New York City.
