Contemporary Art / Doha - Rachid Koraïchi

Rachid Koraïchi, B.1947

NEDJMA (THE FOUR SEASONS), c. 2009

Hand woven and embroidery silk, in four parts 

Each: 304 by 152 by 7cm.; 119 3/4 by 59 7/8 by 2 3/4 in.

Private collection

Born in Algeria in 1947, the descendant of an old Sufi family, Rachid Koraïchi works with effortless facility in several contrasting mediums, producing pieces that belong firmly within the Sufi tradition yet nonetheless encompass intriguing aspects of modernity and universality. Through the use of Arabic calligraphy and symbols from both ancient and current cultures, Koraïchi movingly investigates the lives of the fourteen mystics of Islam; great Muslim thinkers and poets such as Rumi and El Arabi whose visions remain enduring to this day. More Rachid Koraïchi

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