Adel Abdessemed
1971 (Constantine (Algérie))
Living in : Paris et New York
Working in : Paris et New York
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"You can't make art if you're not obsessed with something. But no one has ever been able to really answer this question. So I borrow from Aristotle his phrase: "To be born, to think, to die". So for me, it's about making images [...].
The work of art is always autobiographical. You can't be outside of life. It is a bio-energy in motion. The artist is an attitude, gestures, acts. The gesture must be extreme, otherwise it's useless. I am a romantic, a criminal romantic. To paraphrase Baudelaire, I would say that images can strike hard, without hatred, like the butcher."
Extract from Emmanuel Daydé's interview with Adel Abdessemed and Philippe-Alain Michaud published in the N°50 of the review Art Absolument: publication on 8 November 2012.
Living in : Paris et New York
Working in : Paris et New York
Artist's webSite
Artist's gallery
"You can't make art if you're not obsessed with something. But no one has ever been able to really answer this question. So I borrow from Aristotle his phrase: "To be born, to think, to die". So for me, it's about making images [...].
The work of art is always autobiographical. You can't be outside of life. It is a bio-energy in motion. The artist is an attitude, gestures, acts. The gesture must be extreme, otherwise it's useless. I am a romantic, a criminal romantic. To paraphrase Baudelaire, I would say that images can strike hard, without hatred, like the butcher."
Extract from Emmanuel Daydé's interview with Adel Abdessemed and Philippe-Alain Michaud published in the N°50 of the review Art Absolument: publication on 8 November 2012.
Artist's exhibitions
Adel Abdessemed. Mon enfant
05/04/2023 - 14/05/2023(Paris) Mémorial de la Shoah
Foire foraine d’art contemporain
17/09/2022 - 29/01/2023(Paris) Le Centquatre
Posada, génie de la gravure
05/02/2022 - 18/09/2022(Epinal) Musée de l'Image
Publicité
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La Collection Barjeel. 100 chefs d'oeuvre de l'art moderne et contemporain arabe
28/02/2017 - 02/07/2017(Paris) Institut du monde arabe
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