Sammy Baloji and Younès Rahmoun are taking part in the collective exhibition “Our World is Burning“, cur. Abdellah Khartoum and Fabien Danesi The exhibition Our World is Burning offers a fully political view of international contemporary creation seen from the Gulf, where wars and diplomatic tensions have constantly determined the history of the early 21st century. The title explicitly refers to the human disasters generated by the successive conflicts in this region, while bringing in as broadly as possible the ecological catastrophes… Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Younès Rahmoun, Nafas (Breath) and La-Nafas (Non-Breath), 2001. “Our World is Burning”, Palais de Tokyo, 2020. Photo: Aurélien Mole
Sammy Baloji, Mohssin Harraki and Younès Rahmoun are taking part in the exhibition Global(e) Resistance, pour une histoire engagée de la collection contemporaine, de Jonathas de Andrade à Billie Zangewa, cur. by Christine Macel, Alicia Knock and Yung Ma. The exhibition Global(e) Resistance unveils for the first time the works of more than sixty artists gathered over the last decade, the majority of whom come from the Global South (Africa, Middle East, Asia, Latin America) and aims to examine contemporary strategies of resistance. Global(e) Resistance also poses theoretical questions that range from the articulation of aesthetics and politics to the very relationship between the museum and politics within the art world. Musée national d’art moderne/Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Exhibition view: Global(e) Résistance, Centre Pompidou, Galerie d’art graphique, Galerie du musée, Galerie 0 – Musée, niveau 4, Paris. 29 juillet 2020 – 4 janvier 2021. Crédit photo : Centre Pompidou/Audrey Laurans
Organized by the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, in collaboration with Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art – Qatar Museums and Qatar Foundation Curated by Manuel Borja-Villel and Abdellah Karroum
Younès Rahmoun, Jabal-Hajar-Turab #9, 2017. Exhibition view: Sharjah Biennial 13, An unpredictable expression of human potential, Beirut Art Center, Beirut. Photo: Marco Pinarelli.
Curated by the students of the Master “Critique-essais, écritures de l’art contemporain” (class of 2020-22) of the University of Strasbourg among the works of the collections of the FRAC du Grand Est (FRAC Alsace, FRAC Champagne-Ardenne, 49 Nord 6 Est FRAC Lorraine). Weaving links between humans, creating alliances with fauna and flora, sowing seeds of ideas to learn to live on a damaged planet, such are the ambitions of the exhibition Nouer le Reste.
Younès Rahmoun, Habba, exhibition view of Nouer le reste, CEAAC, 2021, Photo: R. Görgen
This exhibition supports the liberation of Palestine. The exhibition pays tribute to those who resist.
