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| Adel Abdessemed was born in Costantine in Algeria in
1971, he first lived in France then moved to New York and presently
lives in Berlin.
“Nuit” is the title of the work
produced especially for Laura Pecci.
On
the roof of one of the rooms, a metal
ceiling with gun-shot bullet holes gives the impression of a
“starry” sky. The bullets give an idea of a violent scene, and
there is an extraordinary visual impact. Without being theatrical, it
evokes violence in a very direct way and reminds one of the terror
that every war brings.
Adel Abdessemed often uses videos, actions, performances, installations, photographs,
paintings and drawings to interpret the drama and problems that are
often hidden by the etiquette of cultural, political and spiritual
identities. The themes of his work concentrate on integration, racism,
sexuality and the overcoming of certain taboos that religion imposes,
especially in the case of Muslims
Even
though the works of Abdessemed represent a form of political intent,
of resistance to limitations, they are also poetic images, suggestive
and intense view of reality which create an immense tension between
the beauty of the image and the violence of the idea that they provoke
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| Solo
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FRAC
Champagne-Ardenne
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| 2002
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Institute
of Visual Arts, Milwaukee, USA. Centre National d’Art et du Paysage,
Vassivičre, France
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| 2001
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ZEN, in “Sous la Terre, il
y a le Ciel”, Projectroom Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland Galleria
Laura Pecci, Milan, Italy
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| Gropu
Show (selection):
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| 2003
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Happiness, Mori Art Museum Tokyo, Japan. La Biennale di Venezia. Short video festival (Echigo-Tsumari Art,
Triennale 2003)
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| 2002
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Cosě Lontano Cosě Vicino. Pelago, Italy. Puerto
Rico Biennal. Video Trafic London, Buenos
Aires.
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| 2001
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Uniform–Order and Disorder, P.S.1. New York. Tirana Biennal Albania. Yokohama Triennial, Yokohama Japan. Poeziezomer, Watou, Belgium.
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Finale di Partita, Firenze. Paris pour escale, Musče D’Art Moderne
De La Ville de Paris, Parigi. Pusan
Biennal, Pusan Korea. Manifesta
3, Ljubliana, Slovenia
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