A tricontinental exhibition and publication project that takes the form of a multiauthor monograph to showease an artist whose work creates space to connect with the self; to be in the here and now.
Published in French, English and Arabic, co-edited by Smith College Museum of Art and Zamân Books & Curating, this monograph
includes contributions from researchers, museum directors and scientists, making a significant contribution to
the history of contemporary art, including essays by Emma Chubb & the writer and poet Omar Berrada.
The publication is structured in 3 movements between the active polarities in Younes Rahmoun's work: Migration/Rootedness, Single/Multiple and Here/Elsewhere, thus highlighting the major themes of his work, which aims for the universal.
A major figure in Moroccan contemporary art, Younès Rahmoun (born 1975 in Tetouan, Morocco) develops multiple work, mixing influences from his own universe, its origins, beliefs and experiences. Declining a vocabulary of numbers, colors and shapes, the artist often creates beautiful works, from which emanates a quest for universality. Far from restricting the use of a single medium, Younès Rahmoun curiously explores the possibilities offered by his time. His practice divers from installation and drawing to new technologies and multimedia.
Younès Rahmoun's work has been exhibited in 25 different countries and nearly 150 different spaces including Victoria and Albert Museum, Palais de Tokyo, National Museum of African Art, MACBA and Smith College Museum of Art.
Foreword by Jessica Nicoll and Sandrine Wymann.
Texts by Emma Chubb, Omar Berrada, Alexandra Keller, Fatima-Zahra Lakrissa, Hannah Feldman, Carlos Marin Pérez Marín, Katarzyna Pierprzak, Frazer Ward.
Illustrated biography: Maud Houssais.
