Adel Abdessemed
1971 (Constantine (Algérie))
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.
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
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
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
05/02/2022 - 18/09/2022
(Epinal) Musée de l'Image
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
28/02/2017 - 02/07/2017
(Paris) Institut du monde arabe
Retour sur l’abîme. L’art à l’épreuve du génocide
10/10/2015 - 11/01/2016
(Montbéliard) Le 19, Centre régional d'art contemporain
10/10/2015 - 11/01/2016
(Montbéliard) Le 19, Centre régional d'art contemporain
De Chagall à Malévitch, la révolution des avant-gardes
12/07/2015 - 06/09/2015
(Monaco) Grimaldi Forum
12/07/2015 - 06/09/2015
(Monaco) Grimaldi Forum
La disparition des lucioles - Collection Lambert en Avignon
18/05/2014 - 25/11/2014
(Avignon) Prison Sainte-Anne
18/05/2014 - 25/11/2014
(Avignon) Prison Sainte-Anne
Nouvelle Génération
17/05/2014 - 31/12/2014
(Dunkerque) FRAC Nord-Pas-de-Calais
17/05/2014 - 31/12/2014
(Dunkerque) FRAC Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Mirages d'orient, grenades et figues de barbarie - Chassé-croisé en Méditerranée
08/12/2012 - 28/04/2013
(Avignon) Collection Lambert
08/12/2012 - 28/04/2013
(Avignon) Collection Lambert
La Belle et la Bête
13/10/2012 - 27/01/2013
(Bordeaux) Institut culturel Bernard Magrez
13/10/2012 - 27/01/2013
(Bordeaux) Institut culturel Bernard Magrez
TILT
11/03/2009 - 30/11/2009
(Blois) Musée de l’Objet – collection d’art contemporain de Blois
11/03/2009 - 30/11/2009
(Blois) Musée de l’Objet – collection d’art contemporain de Blois