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Mohamed Lekleti (Maroc, né en 1965) Construire le Mythe (mixed media on canvassigned and dated) image 1
Mohamed Lekleti (Maroc, né en 1965) Construire le Mythe (mixed media on canvassigned and dated) image 2
Lot 41

Mohamed Lekleti
(Maroc, né en 1965)
Construire le Mythe

18 October 2021, 15:00 CEST
Paris, Rue de la Paix

€8,000 - €12,000

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Mohamed Lekleti (Maroc, né en 1965)

Construire le Mythe
technique mixte sur toile
signé "Mohammed Lekleti" , daté "2020" et titré "Construire le Mythe" au dos
exécuté en 2020
130 x 162cm (51 3/16 x 63 3/4in).

mixed media on canvas
signed and dated

Footnotes

Provenance
Collection de l'artiste
La présente oeuvre est vendue par le Fonds Claude et France Lemand au profit des Artistes et de l'Institut du Monde Arabe

Mohamed Lekleti est né à Taza, au Maroc, et vit et travaille à Montpellier, en France. Il est diplômé en Cinéma de l'Université de Montpellier et obtient un Master en Beaux-Arts de l'Université d'Aix-en-Provence. En 2011, il est lauréat du salon d'art contemporain Drawing Now à Paris et devient en quelques années l'un des artistes emblématiques du dessin contemporain en France et au Maroc. En 2012, ses œuvres ont été exposées au Palais des Beaux-Arts de Turin (INAC) et en 2013, il crée un projet autour de la notion de frontières, "Visa pour un territoire", pour la Forteresse de Salses, France (classé Patrimoine National).
Depuis, il a participé à de nombreuses expositions : Musée de la Banque Al Maghreb, Centre d'art « L'Aspirateur » à Narbonne, Espace Dominique Bagouet à Montpellier avec, comme conservateur, Michel Enrici (Critique d'art, Administrateur du Musée Van Gogh et ex-directeur de la Fondation Maeght), du Musée d'Art et de Culture de Marrakech (MACMA). Il expose régulièrement dans les foires d'art contemporain françaises et internationales : Drawing Now, Art Paris, Slick, YIA, Art Elysées, Marrakech Art Fair, Brussels Art on Paper.



Mohamed Lekleti was born in Taza, Morocco, and lives and works in Montpellier, France. He graduated in Cinema from Montpellier University and obtained a Master in Fine Arts from Aix-en-Provence University. In 2011, he was the laureate of the Drawing Now contemporary art fair in Paris and within a few years became one of the emblematic artists for contemporary drawing in France and Morocco. In 2012, his works were exhibited at the Torino Palace of Fine Arts (INAC). In 2013, he created a project around the notion of borders, "Visa for a territory", for the Forteresse de Salses, France (a National Heritage monument) and in 2016 he was selected for the Marrakech Biennale (Musée de La Palmeraie). Since then, he has taken part in many exhibitions: Museum of the Al Maghreb Bank, « L'Aspirateur » Art centre in Narbonne, Espace Dominique Bagouet in Montpellier with, as Curator, Michel Enrici (Art critic, Administrator of the Van Gogh Museum and ex-director of the Maeght Foundation), The Marrakech Museum of Art and Culture (MACMA). He regularly exhibits at French and international contemporary art fairs: Drawing Now, Art Paris, Slick, YIA, Art Elysées, Marrakech Art Fair, Brussels Art on Paper.

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