Ruqaya discovered her talent in the fine arts during the confinement period imposed by the Corona virus pandemic in 2020.
Ruqaya’s beginnings in this field were limited to the drawing of forms, before she crystallized the idea of an “artist’s project” which defends the issues, in particular women.
During her participation in the exhibition, Rokaya expressed the strength of the Mauritanian woman and her firmness in the face of all circumstances. With the rest, the pestle of the mash.
The other painting embodies a woman going through a state of depression, sadness and autism, through which she calls to take into account the conditions that women go through.
Rokaya told Sky News Arabia: “I always try, through my work, to shed light on the issues of Mauritanian women, so that everyone can see the strength that lies within them. I have several other messages that I tries to transmit through plastic art, and they will be shown soon.”
Participation in exhibitions is a great opportunity for practitioners in this field to get their messages across, and to confirm that plastic art is an issue, especially in a society where most consider drawing to be nothing other than a waste of time, according to the visual artist. Maryam Bint Ahmed Daddah.
Maryam explains to “Sky News Arabia” that she discovered her talent in this field in 2018. In her speech, she indicates that she has devoted her pen to “most of the problems that most Arab societies suffer from, in particular Mauritania”, referring to “violence against women”.
Mariam says: “I have a painting that talks about domestic violence, about ‘beating women’, which is unfortunately one of the most common phenomena in African societies.
need for action
In her interview with Sky News Arabia, Mariam confirms that “plastic art needs a big gesture”, noting that “to practice it here is like speaking to a person in a language he does not understand not”.
And she adds: “If we look closely at plastic art, we find that it is the truest translation of human feelings and sentiments, and the most eloquent expression of people’s reality.”
For his part, the artist Hanan Bint Othman, 23, says that Mauritanian walls are only decorated with paintings related to “nature and heritage”.
Bint Othman added to Sky News Arabia: “Mauritania are rarely interested in paintings related to women’s issues”, noting that these paintings can only be marketed in neighboring countries, such as Senegal and the Maghreb.
In her own statement, she pointed out that there is “little interest from some hotels and restaurants in these paintings lately”.
Among Bint Othman’s most prominent works in this area are the two paintings “She”, which embodies a woman bleeding a lot of blood, surrounded by various types of flowers, indicating that a woman, no matter where she is, will be victim of “rape and harassment”, and “The Eye of the Desert”, which embodies that the Mauritanian woman “has no role in life, except to get married, and stay in the tent”, because of the patriarchal vision that dominates society.
They reached the world Among the artists who have sworn their feathers to combat violence with art, Mona Bint Al-Daf, who is 19 years old.
She descends from me from a family that practices plastic art, which made her discover her passion for this field, from an early age.
أن تنظم معرضها الخاص، الذي خصصته لعرض رسائلها عبر هذا الفن.وتتحدث إحدى لوحاتها، عن قسوة زو اج القاصرات، حيث تظهر فتاة صغيرة في ثوب العروس، وبكامل زينتها التقل يدية التي طغى عليها البكاء بحرقة، بسبب إجبارها on marriage.
I won a prize in a drawing competition organized by Defense for Children International, which I crowned with a speech at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Mona told Sky News Arabia: “I have several messages that I send through the drawing, but I focus in particular on the problems of Mauritanian women and the problems they suffer from.
Through this art, I aspire to convey the messages and culture of women to the world, in addition to the problems suffered by minors in this geographical area.
Mauritanian visual artists are trying to shed light on this art by organizing exhibitions devoted to women’s issues. The prices of the paintings fluctuate between 200 and 300 dollars, but they are not often bought.
The artist, Khawla al-Sheikh Lahbib, explains the reasons, “that Mauritanian society is not a ‘visual society'”, noting that “it has not yet understood the importance of the image in general”.
Khawla told Sky News Arabia: “Fine art has recently started to receive an official gesture, but a lot is still needed to achieve the desired goals.”
In her speech, she indicated that the most important issues she addressed were “women’s” and “humanitarian” issues in general.
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