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Hamid Kachmar, a Moroccan born painter is now featured in an exhibition entitled "Intricacies"  at the Parish gallery in Washington, DC. Mr. Kachmar is a multifaceted, internationally trained artist of indigenous Moroccan Amazigh ancestry.  His materials and techniques evoke metaphors, moods, and expressions from where he grew up and what he experienced during his studies and travels.  His work is mostly, not entirely inspired by his Amazigh culture, his philosophy of life and survival and its embodiment in “poetic objects” such as weaving, wood carving, and body adornment, and he strives to employ universal metaphoric content to his work. MoroccoBoard TV, in this documentary, directs a spotlight on this unique and talented Artist.      

“I have recently been investigating the process by which transient and fugitive identities take place while collective cultural ones endure global osmosis in order to preserve their peculiarities.  Although we live in a more cross-cultural and interconnected world we strive to understand, communicate, and express ourselves due to implications of cultural idioms, dislocations, alienations, and hegemonies.  Translating that to my art, I consider my surfaces as spaces of transience, interaction, and transformation.  They are constructed out of several intricate and interwoven visual elements.  Identity, memory and daily encounters are the crux of my creative endeavor.”

 

Mr. Kachmar received his BA degree from Meknes University in Morocco in 1995 and his MFA from Howard University in 2006.  He teaches at the Children’s Studio School for Arts and Architecture in Washington, DC along with lecturing at Howard University. 

For the past 12 years his works have been shown in exhibitions in Washington, DC, Virginia, Oregon, New England and North Carolina, along with exhibits in France, Spain, and Morocco.

He has been the recipient of several awards from Howard University and is an active supporter of Moroccan American children art workshops.


 

 

 


 

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idir said:

tanmirt
tanmirt agmano Hamid, ak yadj rebi abda. wlah ghass tbourztakh
Tudert I imazighn
Imazighn I Tudert
02/08/12

Brahim jlok said:

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hi Hamid well done am really proud of you and facinating by your great work keep it up .you are real OMARGHAD
11/04/09

boutdarine boukil u yucho said:

assucion paraguay
bravo hamid jolie travail un vrai artiste
07/30/09

BOUTDARINE Mohamed u Yechou (Toulouse, FRANCE) said:

Bravo l'Artiste
Ton travail et ton imagination nous ramène à la chaleur de nos racines...et à la noblesse de nos origines...Bravo

Azul
05/20/09

omar-tinghir said:

tanmerte
BOnne contenuation hamidd tadighoust en force !!
05/19/09

boutdarine jamal u hddu said:

ayyuz
azul hamid , walu ur i tudjid mayed ttinigh , bravo tawuri nnek tga taxatart c 'est un beau travail d'artiste , kemmel g ubrid nnagh .ayyuz
04/19/09

Leen said:

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Hello Hamid,
Congratulations!
Felicitations!
Tes tableaux sont magnifiques comme toujours.
04/06/09

yeschou said:

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Impeccable illustration dune fertile imagination ! Parfaite harmonie entre la symbolique que véhicule le signe, les couleurs chaudes dun destin en mouvement et le support façonné par des années de résistance.

Merci Kachmar pour cette exposition qui démontre encore une fois que lHomme amazigh a su, et ce depuis la préhistoire, entretenir un patrimoine admirable, une mémoire collective millénaire et une croyance incontestable dans la noblesse de lart et de la culture des peuples.
04/04/09

redsecretredcreate said:

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"A culmination of symbols that transcend time". This artist is truly an ambassador of Berber culture from Morocco. Very interesting... Something to check out! Still showing in DC for a few more weeks...
03/30/09

Mo said:

Azul
The following is a review of some of Hamid's previews work:

(Hamid Kachmar is a descendant of a nomadic Berber tribe in Tafilalet, a region in the southeastern part of Morocco. His materials and techniques evoke metaphors, moods, and expressions of where he grew up and his travels experiences. Kachmar’s fanatical use of natural pigments, most of which are from his mother’s dying repertoire include, walnut, madder, henna, and saffron....their preparation is part of his alchemistic approach to creativity. He uses textured surfaces to convey memory’s persistence and perseverance: colors are of earth tones - warm shades of yellows, browns, reds, ochre’s; colors from southeastern Morocco. Most of the materials have a sort of “sacred” value or a close relationship with his background; wool, wood and sand are of a major presence in his work. His goal is to bring his cultural heritage to speak across time and cultural borders. By incorporating symbols of the alphabet “Tifinagh,” weaving, architecture and body adornment patterns, he captures the wisdom of Berber myths and tales and by communicating its imaginative energy. “I’d like to consider myself, along with historians, writers, poets and architects, a perpetuator and a guardian of human heritage and gatekeeper of a collective visual memory.”)

Thank you Hamid for inviting me and thanks to Moroccoboard for the great coverage. I hope we see more HAMIDs in the future. Great jobs guys!
Mostafa
03/27/09

hmimarmad said:

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Thank you very much for bringing this piece for us to see. Moroccan art is so diverse and rich and the more we place it in a podium, the better for our artists.
Our Artists need all the help they could get. I had great hope in Touria Jabrane to change things a bit but so far is the same old same old. I guess money talks. Her ministry does not get enough dough to be able to make a change.
Events such as these can only help. When Nawal moutawakil and Aouita won the Olympic medals, things changed dramatically in Athletics, lets hope the same can happen to Art.
03/27/09

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