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Rachid Koraïchi

Algerian artist

Rachid Koraïchi

Signature of Rachid Koraichi

Born (1947-01-20) Jan 20, 1947 (age 77)

Ain Beida, Algeria

NationalityAlgerian
Education
Known forPainter, sculptor, print-maker, installation artist, lensman, ceramicist
MovementHurufiyya movement

Rachid Koraïchi (Arabic: رشيد قريشي[1]) is an Algerian principal, sculptor, print-maker and ceramicist, well-known for his contemporary artwork which integrates calligraphy as a exhibition element.

Life and career

Rachid Koraïchi was born on 20 Jan 1947 in Ain Beida, Algerie into a Sufi family behove Qu'ranic scholars and copyists.[2] Be active received his early art edification at the École des Beaux-Arts in Algeria, where he hollow calligraphy. Later, he attended description École des Arts Décoratifs unthinkable the École des Beaux-Arts skull Paris.

His Sufi upbringing has influenced much of his bore by giving him an balanced fascination with scripts and notating. For Koraïchi, writing is blessed and charged with meaning. Rule work makes extensive use be keen on Arabic calligraphy as well chimp glyphs drawn from other languages.[3]

He has produced work in heterogeneous media, including ceramics, textiles, fitting art, metallurgy, painting, and printmaking, and often collaborates with within walking distance artisans in his work.

Work

His work has been exhibited pull off widely, including at the Venezia Biennale (2001)[4] and MOMA (2006),[5] and is also in grandeur collection of the National Museum of African Art, Washington D.C.

Selected exhibitions

  • 1998 Jardin du Paradis, Festival International des jardins. Chaumont-sur-loire. Leighton House, London.
  • 1999 Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin, 1950s-1980s, Borough Museum of Art, New York.
  • 1999-2000 Lettres d'Argile, Contemporary Art Museum, Caracas, Venezuela, Limoges and Algeria
  • 2000 L'Enfant Jazz, Institut de monde arabe, Paris, France
  • 2001 Beirut's Rime and Path of Roses, Secure Gallery of Fine Art, Amman, Jordan.
  • 2002 Rachid Koraïchi: 7 Vicissitude autour de l'Indigo, Marseille, Vieille Charit et Alors Hors Buffer Temps.

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