Mohammed El Mourid artist biography
Biography
"In his work over the past five years, Mohammed El Mourid has, for example, employed in several circumstances goatskins, used in the South of the Mediterranean for purposes as diverse as making works-for the storage and transportation of water so precious in those climates-and musical percussion instruments. Driven by a spirit close to Arte Povera, in various works Mohammed El Mourid has concentrated on highlighting the tangible qualities of the material, sometimes supple, sometimes stretched to breaking point, its odour, its softness, its sound potentialities, and its slow degradation given that, as it wasn`t destined for traditional use, it hadn`t been tanned. It was about feeling the proximity of the material to life; the life of the animal killed of the men who use it for music or survival and, of course, that of the artist.
This desire for proximity to a life rich in energy, exchanges and contact (but in which organic processes are geared toward a fatal disappearance) is an essential characteristic of Mohamed El mourid`s art, particularly in its relationship to time that instills an invisible aspect in the work-and action videotaped during the inauguration of the Museum of Modern Art went almost unnoticed-foretellng the more or less rapid degradation of the materials purposely used in its production." Paul Guerin, 2000
EXHIBITIONS & ARTFIAR
2016 “Emotions”, exhibition Art Studio, in Sète, on 2016
“Tout va bien”, exhibition Échappée Belle, in Sète, on 2016
“Now watching” exhibition Centre Européen d'Actions Artistiques Contemporaines, in Strasbourg, on 2016
2015 “Que faire”, exhibition Artothèque, in Strasbourg, on 2015
2014 Participation in a collective exhibition in the Museum Mohammed VI, in Rabat, on 2014
2012 “Exchange CEAAC / Museum National of Seoul” Centre Européen d'Actions Artistiques Contemporaines, in Strasbourg,on 2012
“Archéologie d’images”, exhibition Kaysersguet, in Strasbourgon 2012
“Contemplation”, Taehwa River Eco Art Festival, in Ulsan, South Korea, on 2012
2011 “Translated”, collective exhibition, National Museum of contemporary Art Korea, on 2011
2010 Participation in the International Contemporary Fair Art of Karslruhe, on 2010
Exhibition “Vite, ça va exploser !”, in the French-German cultural center of Karslruhe, on 2010
“Cauchemar de Momo Sapiensapien”, in the Video International Festival of Nîmes, Casablanca, Algeria and Italy (2008-2010)
2005 Exhibition “Royaume du Maroc”, in French Cultural Center of Casablanca, Rabat and Fez (2003-05)
2001 Participation in St'art, contemporary art fair in Strasbourg, on 2001
1999 Participation in a collective exhibition in the gallery Lambelet, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, on 1999
1994 Participation in the exhibition “Joussef Hadjifezovic”, in the museum of Modern Art of Strasbourg, on 1994
Residence
2015 Residence, L’Observatoire, in Casablanca, on 2015
2011 Residence in the Art Studio Goyang, in Séoul, on 2011
2002 Residence for the city of Strasbourg in Fez, Morocco, on 2002
Performance
2015 “Installation clandestine”, performance, Musée International d’Art Modeste, in Sète, on 2015
1998 Performance for the opening of the museum of Modern Art of Strasbourg, on 1998
1996 Performance “De son propre mouvement” in the Beaux-Arts of Paris, on 1996
2000 Prizewinner of the exhibition in the CEAAC, grant of the city of Strasbourg, on 2000
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