Mohamed Kacimi

محمد القاسمي (Known as "Kacimi")

Painter, Visual Artist, Poet, Human Rights Advocate

Born Dec 28, 1942

Meknes, Morocco

Passed Away Oct 27, 2003 Rabat, Morocco

Lifespan 60 years old

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"My art is an interrogation of the body subjected to history and a hymn to untamable freedom."

Archival Overview

Major figure of modern Moroccan contemporary art whose large-scale monumental canvases, raw pigments, and poetic writings championed human freedom and human rights.

Biographical Record

Born in Meknes, Mohamed Kacimi emerged in the 1970s as an artistic force breaking beyond conventional easel painting. Utilizing organic materials like sand, earth, henna, and raw cotton, his massive nomadic canvases resonated with existential resistance.

Deeply engaged with human rights causes across the Arab world and Africa, he staged provocative performances and installations, including murals painted inside former political prisons and the famous 'Cave of Future Memory'.

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Final Resting Place

Perpetual Memorial

Sidi Mbarek Cemetery
Rabat, Morocco

                         GPS: 33.9800, -6.8500                    

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