Having taught at the Beaux-Arts for fifteen years, the painter Djamel Tatah has trained a generation of artists who today stand out for the unique power of their work and the success of their careers. Sixteen of them have been invited to take part in an exhibition at the MO.CO. in Montpellier.
Published to coincide with this exhibition and co-edited by MO.CO. and the École des Beaux-Arts de Paris, the catalogue offers a reflection on this ‘textbook case’ and an analysis of his teaching method. Particularly attuned to the development of each student’s own artistic vocabulary, Djamel Tatah advocates a teaching approach based on the notions of transmission and self-teaching, which may, at first glance, seem contradictory. Whilst situating students within a community of peers, the pedagogical aim is to encourage each student to develop a personal vocabulary capable of expressing their own subjectivity.
Born in 1959, Djamel Tatah studied at the École des Beaux-Arts in Saint-Étienne (1981–1986). He taught at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris from 2008 to 2023. He now lives and works in Montpellier.
Texts by Guitemie Maldonado and François-René Martin, interview between Djamel Tatah and Numa Hambursin (director of MO.CO).
Price : 26€
ISBN : 9782840569367
17 x 24 cm / 144 p. / 48 ill. coul.
