Omar Mahfoudi's Liquid Paintings Explore Dispersion and Transformation at CAR Gallery Bologna

Omar Mahfoudi, born in Tangier in 1981 and based in Paris, presents a solo exhibition titled 'Esistenze disperse' at CAR Gallery in Bologna, curated by Andrea Busto in collaboration with Afikaris gallery in Paris. The show features works such as 'Blue Flower Boy' (2023), 'Déjà vu' (2024), 'Lost Times' (2024), 'Waiting for the Light to Change' (2024), 'Les cinq garçons' (2023), and 'When the Moon Calls' (2025). Mahfoudi's paintings explore themes of transformation, loss, and rupture from reality, often depicting human figures dissolving into liquid color fields. His Moroccan heritage influences his palette, with blues of the ocean, greens of algae and Rif mountains, and ochre of Tangier's Corniche. The figures appear sometimes superimposed on the canvas, sometimes small within dominant landscapes, or emerging from nature itself. The exhibition runs at CAR Gallery in Bologna.