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Sur les ruines, les pierres fleurissent 

Abdessamad El Montassir

May 20 to September 27, 2026

Friche la Belle de Mai, 3rd floor

 

As part of the Mediterranean Season, Fræme presents the exhibition Sur les ruines, les pierres fleurissent (On the ruins, stones bloom) by Abdessamad El Montassir.

 

” What happens when politically constructed modes of articulating memory and space encounter both a need for knowledge and a right to oblivion?

 

With Sur les ruines, les pierres fleurissent, Abdessamad El Montassir invites us to immerse ourselves in the desert and its silenced narratives, which he envisions as an archipelagic ensemble, crossed by human and non-human presences, buried memories, and disjointed temporalities. A living territory where plants, trees, mountains, sand, and wind in turn become active witnesses, capable of preserving and transmitting what Official History leaves in the shadows.”

— Excerpt from the exhibition text

 

The exhibition is developed in partnership with the art center Kulte in Rabat and Cirva in Marseille, and unfolds within a shared timeframe at La Friche la Belle de Mai, which hosts a rich program, including exhibitions by Zineb Sedira, Mona Benyamin (Triangles-Astérides), La Relève Méditerranée (Parallèle), and Think Tanger.

 

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