The call to prayer-from moroccan series Painting by Justine Formentelli

Painting: Acrylic, collage on Canvas.

This piece along with the others from the moroccan series has been inspired by the 9 years i spent there as a child. But this is particular one is about the last call to prayer before the sun sets, so awaited during the month of ramadan when most people fast from dawn to dusk. I have always liked the contrast between the powerful thundering loudspeaker reaching deep and far in the city and the streets suddenly empty and quiet.