Adel Abdessemed: 10 works

'Adel Abdessemed Born in Algeria in 1971. He lives and works in London, UK.'

'Adel Abdessemed Born in Algeria in 1971.'

'In 2014, he showed two major works, Mon Enfant (My Child) in ivory and Untitled in razor wire. Rendering these subjects in such unusual materials, he creates iconic images of the anonymous child from the Warsaw ghetto and the artist and his father posed as the biblical Isaac and Abraham from Caravaggio's painting of 1603.'

'Rendering these subjects in such unusual materials, he creates iconic images of the anonymous child from the Warsaw ghetto and the artist and his father posed as the biblical Isaac and Abraham from Caravaggio's painting of 1603.'

'Rendering these subjects in such unusual materials, he creates iconic images of the anonymous child from the Warsaw ghetto and the artist and his father posed as the biblical Isaac and Abraham from Caravaggio's painting of 1603. During the Biennale di Venezia, Abdessemed presents a new piece with the suggestive name of Nympheas (Water lilies), literally planting knives into the ground as though in a bouquet.'

'Born of Algerian parents, Adel Abdessemed spent his childhood in Constantine, Algeria, where he studied before entering the Ecole nationale superieure des beauxarts de Lyon (1994--1998) and then working as an artist- in-residence at the Cite internationale des Arts, Paris (1999--2000).'

'Born of Algerian parents, Adel Abdessemed spent his childhood in Constantine, Algeria, where he studied before entering the Ecole nationale superieure des beauxarts de Lyon (1994--1998) and then working as an artist- in-residence at the Cite internationale des Arts, Paris (1999--2000). Since then, his travels between Berlin, New York, and London have influenced this cultural nomad.'

'He lives and works in London, UK. Born of Algerian parents, Adel Abdessemed spent his childhood in Constantine, Algeria, where he studied before entering the Ecole nationale superieure des beauxarts de Lyon (1994--1998) and then working as an artist- in-residence at the Cite internationale des Arts, Paris (1999--2000).'

'Adel Abdessemed's work Cri (2013) unites material history and human tragedy in the form of a haunting, freestanding sculpture.'

'Abdessemed has been honored with solo exhibitions at the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (2012), and the Mathaf--Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha (2013), among many others.'