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Summary: The Chidren of the World by Rachid Khimoune

The exhibition will run from Wednesday 18 November to Sunday 22 November.

Rachid Khimoune's greatest creation and lifework "Children Of The world" to be held at Abu Dhabi Art fair in the garden of Emirates Palace.

ART SAWA will showcase an exhibition on a scale rarely seen in UAE. A Monumental collection of sculptures by the renowned French /Algerianartist Rachid Khimoune. This latest exhibition, curated by ART SAWA, comprises twenty-one remarkablesculptures depicting twenty-one children from all over the world, twenty-onebeing a metaphor for the 21stcentury in which the works were created. RachidKhimoune's artistic approach is rich, unique, and contemporary and appealsto an international audience: the artist has travelled the world searchingfor the original roots of his subjects and their cities. "Children Of The World is a truly exceptional creation that ART SAWA ispleased to bring to the UAE and the region. We have always strived to raisethe bar on the quality of life for the people of UAE and works of arts suchas those created by the highly acclaimed Rachid Khimoune, will surely add anew creative dimension to the artistic offering in UAE and the region." Amel B. Makkawi, director of ART SAWA, commented; "This is a trulyinspirational and universal project and is particularly relevant to thisyouthful country, where it will stand as a symbol of the complexrelationship between art, history and the city's diverse urban communities.The UAE, with its vibrant and multicultural human landscape, is the idealand natural host for this great work of art." The scope of this exhibition befits the nature of Rachid Khimoune's art:over eight years of creation, travel and immersion in the urban componentsof twenty-one international cities have resulted in an extraordinary body ofwork. "Children Of The World "explores and uncovers the diversity of theworld's people and is as inimitable as the different cultures it portrays. Each piece is layered with the stories of cities and their people, and thesebecome embedded in each cast as a visual expression of a historical andhuman archive. He has captured "the skins of the streets", moulded theirpaving stones, drain covers and broken bitumen to produce works of art quiteunlike any other. The urban theme is the central focus and the inspiration of his work.Khimoune explains, "Although all streets seem to be the same, sewer platesand grids around trees are as different from one city to another as tattooson skin. These are the symbols that represent the identity and document thehistory or memory of the city." Rachid Khimoune was born in France in 1953, in Decazeville (Aveyron) toAlgerian parents. He graduated from L'Ecole SupE[umlaut]rieure des Beaux Arts, inParis in 1974, France's most prestigious fine arts school, and firstattained renown as a painter before turning to sculpture. Khimoune furthercommented, "Seeing what one doesn't see anymore, looking at thingsdifferently, in magic and in dreams." This is what makes his art so strongand meaningful. From the sewer plate, to the old electric plug, and throughall his scavenged objects, Rachid gives depth and life to insignificantdetails. One of the many goals for ART SAWA is to promote the UAE as a country whereart and culture flourish and where artists can come and show their work topeople who have an appreciation of great art. Having Rachid choose UAE andART SAWA is an honour and we would encourage everyone to take advantage ofthe opportunity and come and experience this wonderful artist's work. Inkeeping with ART SAWA's commitment of giving back to the community whilebringing art to it, it is hoped that this collection will find a permanentpublic home in the UAE. 2009 Al Bawaba (www.albawaba.com)

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