Mounir Fatmi

Mounir Fatmi (born 1970 in Tangier, Morocco) is a Moroccan artist who lives and works in Paris. As a young boy, he traveled to Rome where he studied at the free school of nude drawing and engraving at the Academy of Arts, and then later at the School of Fine Arts in Casablanca, Morocco (1989), School of Fine Arts, Rome, Italy (1991),[1] and finally studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. [2]

Mounir Fatmi
Mounir Fatmi
Born1970 (1970)
Tangier, Morocco
NationalityMoroccan
Known forContemporary art

His multimedia practice encompasses video, installation, drawing, painting and sculpture,[3] and he works with obsolete materials.

In 2006, he won the Uriöt prize, the grand prize of the Dakar Biennial and the Cairo Biennial Award in 2010.[4]

Biography

1990–1995

In 1993, Fatmi received first prize at the Third Biennial of Young Moroccan Painting, for the "Fragile / Communication" series and met Catherine David.[5]

In 1995, he becomes known outside of Morocco from his work with videos. He was selected at the International Videokunstpreis at the ZKM3 in Karlsruhe.[6]

1996–2000
Fatmi at Dakar Biennale in 2000 (with Goddy Leye and Sandrine Dole)

In 1999, he met curator Jean-Louis Froment and participated in the exhibition "L'objet désorienté"[7] at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris, where he made the sculpture Connections.

2001–2010

In 2004, Fatmi was invited by Simon Njami and Jean-Hubert Martin to participate in the exhibition "Africa remix" at the Kunstpalast museum in Düsseldorf, the Hayward Gallery in London, the Georges Pompidou Center in Paris, the Mori art museum in Tokyo, the Moderna museum in Stockholm, and the Johannesburg Art Gallery in Johannesburg.[8]

Fatmi held his solo exhibition "Fuck architects, chapter I" at the Lombard project in New York.[9]

2011–present

Fatmi began experiencing censorship in 2011.[10]

His work Modern Times, a History of the Machine is selected for the Jameel Prize 3 of the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, in 2013, and is exhibited in group shows related to this award at the Hermitage-Kazan Exhibition Center, the Moscow Manege, the Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization, and the National Library of Singapore.[11]

In 2016, he launched The Exile Pavilion and organized the first stage at the National Archives Museum in Paris. He was selected for the exhibition "Fundamental" at the Fifth Mediations Biennale of Poznan[12] and for the Triennial of Setouchi Awashima Community Area[13] in Japan. In 2017, he participates in the exhibition The Absence of Paths: 1st Tunisian Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale.[14]

Work

Fatmi's installations and films have the specificity to be produced with archaic and outdated material, such as VHS tapes.[15]

Many of Fatmi's works are seen as subversive,[16] such as his Brainteaser for moderate Muslims, a series of Rubik's Cubes painted in black with white stripes to imitate the Kaaba in Mecca.[17] As a reaction to the Arab Spring, he exhibited The Lost Spring.[18]

Awards
  • Shortlisted Jameel Prize 3, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2014[19][20]

Exhibitions

2017

2018
  • The Human Factor, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Tokyo[25]
  • The Day of the Awakening, CDAN Museum - Centro de Arte Y Naturaleza, Huesca[26]
  • 180° Behind Me, Göteborgs Konsthall, Göteborg[27]

2017
  • 57th Venice Bienale 2017, NSK State Pavilion, Venice[28]
  • Cut Up / Cut Out, Bellevue Arts Museum[29]

2018

Publications
  • Mounir Fatmi (Le Parvis centre d'art contemporain, 2006)
  • Hard Head (Lowave, 2006)
  • Fuck the Architect (Lowave, 2009)
  • Megalopolis (AKBank Sanat, 2010)
  • Ghosting (studio mounir fatmi, 2011)
  • Suspect Language (Skira Editore, 2012)
  • The Kissing Precise (LaMuette, 2014)
  • History is not mine (Rencontres de Bamako, 2015)
  • Survival Signs (SF publishing, 2017)
  • The Missing Show (SF publishing, 2018)
  • 180° Behind Me, mounir fatmi, SF Publishing (2019)
  • The Day of the Awakening, mounir fatmi, SF Publishing (2019)
  • The White Matter, SF Publishing (2019)
  • The Process, SF Publishing (2019)
  • The Index and The Machine, (2020)
  • Keeping Faith, Keeping Drawing (2020)
  • Transition State (2020)
  • Peripheral Vision (2020)
  • Fragmented Memory (2020)
  • A Savage Mind (2020)
  • They were blind, they only saw images (2020)
  • Inside the Fire Circle (2020)
  • Suspect Language (2020)
  • Ghosting (2020)
  • Kissing Circles (2020)
  • History is not mine (2020)
  • Intersections (2020)
  • Oriental Accident (2020)
  • Seeing is Believing (2020)
  • Light and Fire (2021)
  • Art of War (2021)
  • Something is Possible (2021)
  • Between the Lines (2021)
  • Fuck Architects: Chapter 1 (2021)
  • Hard Head (2021)
  • In Search of Paradise (2021)

References
  1. www.artnet.com https://www.artnet.com/artists/mounir-fatmi/biography. Retrieved 2023-02-24. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Mounir Fatmi". Lawrie Shabibi. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  3. "The Future of a Promise". The Future of a Promise, Venice Biennale 2011. 2011. Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  4. Lillian Davies, Mounir Fatmi: Suspect Language, Milan: Skira, 2012, 205p.
  5. Frédéric Bouglé, Ovalprojet 1999-2002: Mounir Fatmi, Centre culturel Le Chaplin, 2002, ISBN 9782951839502
  6. "Frontpage | ZKM". zkm.de.
  7. "" L'objet désorienté " Maroc". madparis.fr.
  8. Simon Njami, Africa remix : contemporary art of a continent, Johannesburg, South Africa: Jacana Media, 2007
  9. "Mounir Fatmi Press". Jane Lombard Gallery.
  10. "Mounir Fatmi's art without prejudice". The National. 30 April 2013.
  11. "V&A · Jameel Prize 3". Victoria and Albert Museum.
  12. "5th edition of Mediations Biennale opened in Poznan". Biennial Foundation. October 2, 2016.
  13. "Setouchi Triennale 2016 on Awashima". Setouchi Explorer. October 14, 2016.
  14. "Mounir Fatmi's Works at 57th Venice Biennale". blouinartinfo.com. 12 May 2017. Archived from the original on 2019-02-01.
  15. "Mounir Fatmi: Lombard Fried Project". Frieze (114). 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-10-30.
  16. "Mounir Fatmi : Artiste trublion du monde arabe". Yabiladi. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  17. stephen garrett dewyer (24 April 2008). "Counter interpellation Mounir Fatmi and the disorientation of authoritarian identities". Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  18. "The Lost Spring by Mounir Fatmi". Admorocco. May 24, 2011. Archived from the original on 17 July 2012. Retrieved 23 January 2012.
  19. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Jameel Prize 3: Mounir Fatmi. YouTube.
  20. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: The nomination of Jameel Prize-3: Mounir Fatmi. YouTube.
  21. ""Transition State" by Mounir Fatmi at Officine dell'Immagine, Milan". blouinartinfo.com. 23 October 2017. Archived from the original on 2018-08-13.
  22. Gilbert, Alan (October 5, 2017). "MOUNIR FATMI: Survival Signs". The Brooklyn Rail.
  23. "Mounir Fatmi: Fragmented Memory in Johannesburg". June 6, 2017.
  24. "Mounir Fatmi's "Inside the Fire Circle" - Features - art-agenda". www.art-agenda.com.
  25. "New video by Mounir Fatmi at Teien Art Museum, Tokyo.｜News｜ART FRONT GALLERY". ART FRONT GALLERY.
  26. "CDAN | MOUNIR FATMI".
  27. "180° Behind Me – Mounir Fatmi (English) | Göteborgs Konsthall".
  28. "Mounir Fatmi at the Tunisian Pavilion of the 57th Venice Biennale". LARMAGAZINE.
  29. "Cut Up Cut Out". bellevuearts.org.
  30. "Cut Up/Cut Out". www.moas.org. Archived from the original on 2019-01-29.
  31. "Revolution Generations". Qatar Museums.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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