Rachid Khimoune is a French

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

of Algerian descent born on April 7, 1953, in

Decazeville Decazeville () is a commune in the Aveyron department in the Occitanie region in southern France. The commune was created in the 19th century because of the Industrial Revolution and was named after the Duke of Decazes (1780–1860), the ...

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Biography

His father came in France in 1946 from

El Ksar El Ksar ( ') is a town and commune in the Gafsa Governorate, Tunisia Tunisia, officially the Republic of Tunisia, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west and southwest, Libya to the southeas ...

Kabylie Kabylia or Kabylie (; in Kabyle language, Kabyle: Tamurt n leqbayel; in Tifinagh: ⵜⴰⵎⵓⵔⵜ ⵏ ⵍⴻⵇⴱⴰⵢⴻⵍ; ), meaning "Land of the Tribes" is a mountainous coastal region in northern Algeria and the homeland of the Kaby ...

, Algeria. Between 1970 and 1974, Rachid Khimoune studied at the

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts École or Ecole may refer to: * an elementary school in the French educational stages normally followed by secondary education establishments (collège and lycée) * École (river), a tributary of the Seine The Seine ( , ) is a river in nor ...

in Paris. Painter at first, he became sculptor in the late 70s and early 80s. Since 1991, he lives with the journalist Ève Ruggiéri.

Work

Exhibitions

* 1975 : Galerie Sanguine, Collioure * 1977 : Georgetown University, Washington * 1980 : Galerie Peinture Fraîche, Paris * 1985 : Centre Culturel, Le Blanc Mesnil; Centre Culturel, Tulle; Centre d’action culturelle, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines * 1986 : ''Les hommes-valises'', Centre culturel algérien, Paris; Centre Jean Gagnant, Limoges; École des Beaux-Arts, Nancy. * 1988 : Centre culturel, Neuchâtel (Suisse) * 1989 : Galerie du Théâtre de l’Agora, Évry; Centre Jacques Prévert, Évry; ''Poissons-marelles'', Galerie Art’O, Aubervilliers (poem of

Tahar Djaout Tahar Djaout (11 January 1954 – 2 June 1993) was an Algerian journalist, poet, and fiction writer. He was assassinated in 1993 by the Armed Islamic Group. Early life He was born in 1954 in Oulkhou, a village in the Kabylie region. After unive ...

); Galerie Antoine de Galbert, Grenoble * 1990 : Galerie Claudine Planque, Lausanne * 1991 : Galerie Claude Monet, Bezons (poem of Bernard Rousseaux); ''Futur-composé'', Collégiale Saint-André, Chartres et Galerie Daphné Behm Williamme, Chartres; Galerie Régine Deschênes, Paris; Château de Servière, Marseille * 1992 : Ajuntament de Sabadell, Barcelone * 1993 : Musée Picasso, Antibes; Galerie Anpire, Paris * 1996 : Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris * 1998 : Galerie de l’Europe, Paris. * 2002 : Casa de Francia, Mexico * 2003 : Grimaldi Forum, Monte Carlo (Monaco) * 2006 : Galerie Samagra, Paris; Pavillon des Arts, Foire de Genève * 2007 : Ancien Hôtel de Ville de Saint-Denis-de-La-Réunion * 2007 : Bastide de Capelongue, Bonnieux * 2007 : Galerie Meyer Le Bihan, Paris. * 2008 : Maison Elsa Triolet - Aragon, Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines * 2009 : Art Sawa Galerie, Dubai. United Arab Emirates * 2010 : Maison de l'Afrique, Paris

Main sculptures

* 1985 :

Relief Relief is a sculpture, sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces remain attached to a solid background of the same material. The term ''wikt:relief, relief'' is from the Latin verb , to raise (). To create a sculpture in relief is to give ...

, Espace Bonnefoix,

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

. Relief, Centre Culturel,

Tulle Tulle (; ) is a Communes of France, commune in central France. It is the third-largest town in the former region of Limousin and is the capital of the Departments of France, department of Corrèze, in the Regions of France, region of Nouvelle- ...

. ''Les Enfants du Monde'' (The Children of the world), sculptures,

Le Blanc-Mesnil () is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris, between Charles de Gaulle Airport and Le Bourget Airport. Name The name Le Blanc-Mesnil was recorded for the first time in the 11th centu ...

. * 1986 : Relief,

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. Relief, Fondation Danielle Mitterrand, New York. ''

Don Quichotte ''Don Quichotte'' (''Don Quixote'') is an opera in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Caïn. It was first performed on 19 February 1910 at the Opéra de Monte-Carlo. Massenet's ''comédie héroïque'', like many dramatiz ...

and Sancho Pança'', sculpture,

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. Relief, Bureau de Poste,

Limoges Limoges ( , , ; , locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region. Situated o ...

-Beaubreuil. * 1987 : Relief, Pau. ''La Famille'', relief,

Hangzhou Hangzhou, , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ; formerly romanized as Hangchow is a sub-provincial city in East China and the capital of Zhejiang province. With a population of 13 million, the municipality comprises ten districts, two counti ...

(

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). * 1988 : ''Les Guerriers'', sculpture,

Olympic Park, Seoul Olympic Park (), short name Olpark (), is an Olympic Park in Bangi-dong, Songpa District, Seoul, South Korea, opened on May 28, 1986. Built at a cost of US$200 million, it was built to host the 1986 Asian Games and the 1988 Summer Olympics. The ...

(

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). * 1989 : ''Les Quatre Mousquetaires'', relief, Centre

Jacques Prévert Jacques Prévert (; 4 February 1900 – 11 April 1977) was a French poet and screenwriter. His poems became and remain popular in the French-speaking world, particularly in schools. His best-regarded films formed part of the Poetic realism, poetic ...

, Évry. Relief,

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. Relief, Centre Culturel de La Madeleine,

Évreux Évreux () is a commune in and the capital of the department of Eure, in the French region of Normandy. History Antiquity In late Antiquity, the town, attested in the fourth century AD, was named '' Mediolanum Aulercorum'', "the central town ...

. ''Cheikh-speare'', sculpture,

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. * 1993 : ''Les Enfants du Monde'', Sculptures,

Neuchâtel Neuchâtel (, ; ; ) is a list of towns in Switzerland, town, a Municipalities of Switzerland, municipality, and the capital (political), capital of the cantons of Switzerland, Swiss canton of Neuchâtel (canton), Neuchâtel on Lake Neuchâtel ...

. ''Les Croisés'',

Chartres Chartres () is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Eure-et-Loir Departments of France, department in the Centre-Val de Loire Regions of France, region in France. It is located about southwest of Paris. At the 2019 census, there were 1 ...

. * 2001 : ''Les Enfants du Monde'', 21 bronze sculptures installed on the terraces of the

Parc de Bercy The Parc de Bercy (; English: Park of Bercy) is a public park located along the Rive Droite in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, 12th arrondissement of Paris. Development started in 1994 on the site of a former wine depot (the wine warehouses of B ...

in Paris. * 2003 : Sculpture ''Felipe le Mexicain'', Musée d’histoire,

Cuernavaca Cuernavaca (; , "near the woods" , Otomi language, Otomi: ) is the capital and largest city of the Mexican state, state of Morelos in Mexico. Along with Chalcatzingo, it is likely one of the origins of the Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican civilizatio ...

(

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

). * 2004 : Sculpture ''Jean-Baptiste le Monégasque'',

Monte-Carlo Monte Carlo ( ; ; or colloquially ; , ; ) is an official administrative area of Monaco, specifically the ward of Monte Carlo/Spélugues, where the Monte Carlo Casino is located. Informally, the name also refers to a larger district, the Mon ...

(Monaco). * 2007 : Sculpture ''Naomi l'Africaine'',

Ouagadougou Ouagadougou or Wagadugu (, , , ) is the capital city of Burkina Faso, and the administrative, communications, cultural and economic centre of the nation. It is also the List of cities in Burkina Faso#Largest cities, country's largest city, wi ...

(

Burkina Faso Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa, bordered by Mali to the northwest, Niger to the northeast, Benin to the southeast, Togo and Ghana to the south, and Ivory Coast to the southwest. It covers an area of 274,223 km2 (105,87 ...

). * 2007 : Relief ''Les Quatre Saisons'',

Villetaneuse Villetaneuse () is a commune in the Seine-Saint-Denis department, in the northern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located from the center of Paris. Heraldry Population Education Primary and secondary schools The commune has four prescho ...

. * 2009 : ''El Mamoun le Marocain'', Sculpture and drawing, Hôtel La Mamounia, Marrakech (Maroc). * 2009 : ''Les Enfants du Monde'', 21 bronze sculptures, American University, Abu Dhabi (UAE). * 2010 : ''Les Enfants du Monde'', 21 bronze sculptures,

Expo 2010 Expo 2010, officially the Expo 2010 Shanghai China, was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, from 1 May to 31 October 2010. It was a major World Expo registered by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), in the ...

à Shanghai (Chine). * 2011 : ''1000 Tortues-Casques'', Parvis du Trocadéro, Paris (France). * 2011 : ''1000 Tortues-Casques'', Normandy’s Omaha Beach for the 67th anniversary of D-Day landings.

Bibliography

* ''Rachid K., Futur-composé'', texts by Georges Lemoine, Daphné Behm-Williamme, François Maspéro, Bernard Rousseaux, collégiale St André and Galerie Daphné Behm Williamme, 1991. * ''Rachid Khimoune'', by Pierre Restany, Michel Archimbaud, François Maspéro, Musée Picasso, Antibes, 1993. * ''Les effets du voyage, 25 artistes algériens'', (by

Fatma Zohra Zamoum Fatma Zohra Zamoum (born 19 January 1967) is a Franco-Algerian writer, filmmaker and educator. Biography Zamoun was born in Bordj Menaïel in the north of Algeria, within a well-known family whose ancestors are Omar ben Zamoum and Mohamed ben ...

, Ramon Tio Bellido, Michel-Georges Bernard and Malika Dorbani Bouabdellah), Palais des Congrès et de la Culture, Le Mans, December 1995. * ''Les Enfants du monde'', by Rachid Khimoune, texts by François Maspero, Pierre Restany, Tahar Djaout, Jean-Marie Gibbal and an interview with Michel Archimbaud. Pictures by Philippe Fuzeau; Paris-Musées, Somogy éditions d'art, 2001.

References

External links

official website of Rachid Khimoune

Blog dedicated to the sculptures ''Les Enfants du monde'' in Paris
{{DEFAULTSORT:Khimoune, Rachid 1953 births Living people People from Decazeville French people of Algerian descent 20th-century French sculptors 21st-century French sculptors French male sculptors 21st-century Algerian sculptors Algerian artists Algerian contemporary artists 21st-century Algerian people