Adel Abdessemed
°1971, Constantine (Algeria) - lives and works in Paris (FR) and London (UK)
Adel Abdessemed is a conceptual artist who works in a broad range of media including drawing, video, photography, performance and sculpture. Working with familiar materials and images, Abdessemed manipulates them to create unexpected works with charged socio-political statements. Drawing on personal, political, and historical narratives, Abdessemed reflects upon the increasing globalization of the world, the way that it impacts an individual’s sense of self often addressing social taboos and presenting them as raw and uncomfortable truths.
Abdessemed has had numerous solo exhibitions at major institutions including Arab Museum of Modern Art, Qatar; David Zwirner, New York; Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; MoMA PS1, New York; Contemporary Art Centre of Malaga; and the Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Geneva. His work was also part of group exhibitions at venues such as LACMA, Los Angeles; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; S.M.A.K., Ghent; KW, Berlin; Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin and FRAC, Nord-Pas de Calais.
Adel Abdesseled also particiapted in major international exhibitions such as the Paris Triennale, the Istanbul Biennial, the Gwangju Biennial and the Venice Biennale. His work is part of important collections, including Centre Pompidou, Paris; Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Fondation François Pinault, Venice; Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Geneva ; and The Israel Museum, Jerusalem.
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works by Adel Abdessemed
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VIDEO: Dirk Braeckman at the Belgian pavilion of this year's Venice Biennale
We start of this new series with a video of Dirk Braeckman's exhibition in the Belgian pavilion of this years Venice Biennale. In his enigmatic photographs, Braeckman ...
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VIDEO: Jon Rafman - Mainsqueeze, 2014
Canadian artist Jon Rafman's thrilling and at times ghastly short film Mainsqueeze embodies the artist's interest in a world where online subcultures and fetish communities rule ...
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VIDEO: Francis Alÿs – Guards, 2004
Over a span of several years, Francis Alÿs spent extensive periods of time in London, searching for a way of responding to the metropolis. He walked the streets of the city, observing its particular characteristics, listening to its sounds, reading its signs and surfaces, trying to get underneath its skin.
