The artistic practice of Adel Abdessemed He ranges between drawing, sculpture, performance, video and installation, tackling themes such as war, violence and religion with crude and provocative images.
In 2015, it participated in the second edition of the charity fundraising project Art X Wine = Wateronce again demonstrating its social commitment and willingness to intertwine art and contemporary reality in initiatives with a strong symbolic and humanitarian value.
Adel Abdessemed (born 1971 in Constantine, Algeria) is a French artist of Berber origin who works in a wide range of media, including drawing, sculpture, performance, video and installation. His works deal with themes such as war, violence and religion, often with crude images that reflect the brutality of the contemporary world.
Having fled Algeria during the 1992 civil war, he carries with him the memory of the atrocities he experienced, transforming art into a means of expressing indignation and denunciation. Trained at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Lyon, his practice is influenced by literature, poetry and music. Abdessemed has collaborated with important writers and architects and his work has been described by Kounellis as a bulwark against conformism.
His works have been exhibited in prestigious museums and biennials, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris, MoMA PS1 in New York and the Venice Biennale (2003, 2009, 2015). In 2022 he inaugurated the solo exhibition An Imperial Message at the Rockbund Museum in Shanghai, confirming his role as a committed and provocative artist on the international scene.
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