Rachid Koraichi

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Rachid Koraichi (also Rachid Koraïchi ; * 1947 in Ain Beida in eastern Algeria ) is an Algerian painter and illustrator .

Life

Koraichi comes from a Sufi family . Since his youth he became familiar with the old, graphic texts of the Arab-Muslim tradition and got to know the rock paintings in the Algerian town of Tassili n'Ajjer . He began his studies in Algiers at the École des beaux arts d'Alger before he went to Paris to continue his studies at the École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs de Paris .

Since 1970 Koraichi's works have been seen all over the world. His drawings, in which Arabic calligraphy is very often used, illustrate more than a dozen publications by French and international poets.

Koraichi lives in Paris and in the old town of Tunis in Tunisia .

Exhibitions

Illustrations

  • 1991: with Nicole de Pontcharra and Pierre Restany : Cris Ecrits . Éditions de Lassa, Brussels.
  • 1997: with Nicole de Pontcharra and Roxanne Hodes: Lettres d ' argile . Editions Corrinne Maeght, Nîmes.
  • 2006: Bernard Perroy: Cœr à cœr , 49 haikus and 49 drawings, Editions Al Manar, Neuilly, France.
  • 2009: with Mahmud Darwisch : Une nation en exil: Hymnes gravés suivi La Qasida de Beyrouth . Actes Sud, Arles, France and Éditions Barzakh, Hydra, Algiers, Algeria, ISBN 978-9947-851-61-6 .
  • 2010: Alberto Manguel : Histoires classiques , three short stories with three drawings. Arabic / French. Éditions Al Manar, Neuilly, France, ISBN 978-2-913896-44-4 .
  • 2010: with Manuelle Roche: Chevaucher la nuit , Novelle, Èditions al Manar, Neuilly, France.

Works

  • L'eau est trop loin pour le feu qui est trop prés , with 35 illustrations by the artist. éditions meridianes 2013.

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personal data
SURNAME Koraichi, Rachid
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Koraïchi, Rachid
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Algerian painter and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Ain Beida (Oum el-Bouaghi) , Algeria