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“Dislocation/Relocation/Diaspora: The Art of Hamid Kachmar” will be the title of a mixed-media art exhibit on view Oct. 8 through Dec. 4 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

UNC’s Sonja Haynes Stone Center for Black Culture and History will sponsor and display 31 works by Moroccan-born artist Kachmar. His work has been exhibited in countries including France, Spain and his native Morocco.

Kachmar combines techniques such as weaving and woodcarving with physical materials including goatskin and silkscreen to create multi-faceted pieces. His work is inspired by his upbringing and highlights Moroccan styles of dress, landscapes, colors and woven textiles.

Kachmar lectures on experimental studio and mixed media at Howard University in Washington, D.C. He will attend a free opening reception held at 7 p.m. Oct. 8 in the center’s Robert and Sallie Brown Gallery and Museum. The gallery will be open to the public from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. weekdays (closed University holidays).

For more information, call the Stone Center at (919) 962-9001.

Stone Center Web site: http://sonjahaynesstonectr.unc.edu/

Images: To download an image of Kachmar’s artwork “Intertwined,” visit http://uncnews.unc.edu/images/stories/news/arts/2009/intertwined.jpg
Description: mixed techniques/weaving, 30”x40”, 2008.

For an image of his work “Juxtapositions,” visit http://uncnews.unc.edu/images/stories/news/campus/2009/juxtapositions.jpg
Description: Mixed media on masonite, 42”x64”, 2006

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