Adel Abidin
1973 (Bagdad)
Living in : Helsinski
Working in : Helsinski
Artist's webSite
Artist's gallery
Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad, then from the Academy of Helsinki, he represented Finland at the Venice Biennale in 2007. He uses humour to confront such strong subjects as fundamentalism, nationalism and religion. He also ironically points out some of the "curiosities" of his host country, Finland. The Vacuum project is remarkably simple: "someone has to do something about winter in Finland". Having suffered enough from the interminable Finnish winter, the artist decided to act. He went to the ice floe dressed in a mackintosh to be filmed vacuuming. On the ground, two glass plates topped with plastic break under the feet of visitors and recall the sound of footsteps crunching in the snow. Recently, the artist created abidintravels.com, a website offering holidays in Baghdad with sarcastic slogans: "Holidays to remember" and "Baghdad, much more than a holiday". Like this project, his works are often subversive, always ironic.
Living in : Helsinski
Working in : Helsinski
Artist's webSite
Artist's gallery
Graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad, then from the Academy of Helsinki, he represented Finland at the Venice Biennale in 2007. He uses humour to confront such strong subjects as fundamentalism, nationalism and religion. He also ironically points out some of the "curiosities" of his host country, Finland. The Vacuum project is remarkably simple: "someone has to do something about winter in Finland". Having suffered enough from the interminable Finnish winter, the artist decided to act. He went to the ice floe dressed in a mackintosh to be filmed vacuuming. On the ground, two glass plates topped with plastic break under the feet of visitors and recall the sound of footsteps crunching in the snow. Recently, the artist created abidintravels.com, a website offering holidays in Baghdad with sarcastic slogans: "Holidays to remember" and "Baghdad, much more than a holiday". Like this project, his works are often subversive, always ironic.
Artist's articles
Artist's exhibitions
ORLAN. Striptease historique
18/02/2021 - 21/03/2021
(Paris) Galerie Ceysson & Bénétière – Paris
18/02/2021 - 21/03/2021
(Paris) Galerie Ceysson & Bénétière – Paris
Trajectoires kanak
04/11/2017 - 16/09/2018
(Moulins) Musée Anne-de-Beaujeu
04/11/2017 - 16/09/2018
(Moulins) Musée Anne-de-Beaujeu
Mécaniques du dessin
21/11/2014 - 07/02/2015
(Limoges) FRAC Limousin
21/11/2014 - 07/02/2015
(Limoges) FRAC Limousin
Songs of Loss and Songs of Love : Oum Kalthoum and Lee Nan-Young
20/05/2014 - 13/07/2014
(Gwangju (Corée du Sud)) Gwangju Museum Of Art
20/05/2014 - 13/07/2014
(Gwangju (Corée du Sud)) Gwangju Museum Of Art
Le corps découvert
27/03/2012 - 15/07/2012
(Paris) Institut du monde arabe
27/03/2012 - 15/07/2012
(Paris) Institut du monde arabe
Adel Abidin: Memorial
10/02/2011 - 09/03/2011
(Paris) Fondation Custodia
10/02/2011 - 09/03/2011
(Paris) Fondation Custodia
Told/Untold/Retold
30/12/2010 - 28/05/2011
(Doha) Mathaf – Arab Museum of Modern Art
30/12/2010 - 28/05/2011
(Doha) Mathaf – Arab Museum of Modern Art
HIWAR
22/05/2010 - 15/06/2010
(Sidi Bou Said (Tunisie)) Galerie le Violon Bleu
22/05/2010 - 15/06/2010
(Sidi Bou Said (Tunisie)) Galerie le Violon Bleu
Traversées
16/05/2009 - 16/06/2009
(Rabat) Galeries Bab Rouah et Bab El Kébir
16/05/2009 - 16/06/2009
(Rabat) Galeries Bab Rouah et Bab El Kébir