The Adam Collection

A selection from one of Europe’s largest private collections of Berber rugs.

Date
7–30 May 2015
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Location
BLAZEK. berber. carpets + textiles, Leonhardstrasse 12, 8010 Graz
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Links
Designmonat Graz

About the collection

During the Design Month Graz 2015 we show a fine selection from one of the largest + most prominent private collections of Berber rugs in Europe.

Fascinated + surprised by the similarity between the imagery of Moroccan rural rugs + paintings of the modernist period in Europe + the US the Munich architect Juergen Adam has been searching for formal connections between modernist artworks + Berber rugs for more than 40 years. His collection achieved wide public + media attention when it had been exhibited in the exhibition ‘Moroccan Carpets and Modern Art’ at the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich on the occasion of the re-opening after the reconstruction in 2013.

Die Sammlung Adam

Spitzenstücke aus der Ausstellung Marokkanische Teppiche und die Kunst der Moderne

Anlässlich des Design Monat Graz zeigen wir eine Auswahl aus einer der größten Privatsammlungen alter marokkanischer Berberteppiche.

Von der formalen Verwandtschaft zu malerischen und grafischen Werken des 20. Jahrhunderts aus Europa und den USA überrascht, widmete sich der Münchner Architekt Jürgen Adam ein halbes Leben lang der Suche nach einem Zusammenhang zwischen der minimalistischen und abstrakten Bildwelt der Berber und jener der Moderne.

Die Sammlung erlangte im Herbst 2013 durch die Ausstellung Marokkanische Teppiche und die Kunst der Moderne im Rahmen der Wiedereröffnung der Münchner Pinakothek der Moderne große öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit.

A highly exceptional Boujad rug from the former collection of the legendary Marrakech dealer Abdelhay Alouani Bibi on the right hand wall. One of the favourite pieces of the collector.
A row of exceptional rugs from the Boujad region at the entrance of the exhibition
a group of rugs from the Jebel Siroua region + an embroidered head scarf from the Pre-Sahara in southern Morocco
left to right: a highly exceptional Rehmna rug from the Haouz plains, a rare dark ground Zenaga rug from the Jebel Siroua region + an embroidered head scarf from the Pre-Sahara in southern Morocco
a warm yellow Zenaga rug in the foreground, a red/purple/black slightly blurred checkerboard rug from the Beni Mguild in the central Middle Atals in the center + a highly rare + unusually fine white ground Zaer rug on the right.
variations on checkerboard designs (from left to right): a lovely + lively Boujad saddle cover, a classical black+white checkerboard rug from the Ait Ouaouzguite or Zenaga in the Jebel Siroua region
a highly rare white ground Zaer rug on the left, two monochrome 'rothkoesque' Beni Mguild / Ait Sgougou rugs from the Mrirt region in the center + an exceptional Boujad saddle cover to the right
a monochrome Beni Mguild / Ait Sgougou rug from the Mrirt region with complex colour variation in the center, a rare black Beni Mguild rug in the background + an exceptional Boujad saddle cover to the right
a Rehamna rug from the Haouz plains with very rare dark brown/purple ground colour
an elegant + minimalist Rehamna rug on the floor + another Rehamna rug with rare dark brown/purple ground colour to the right. In the background left to right: A Zenaga rug from southern Morocco with enigmatic concentric diamond design to the left, a very rare dark celadon coloured rug from the Beni Mguild in the central middle Atlas in the center + a rug from the Haouz plains with rare brown colour

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