Adel Abdessemed: A L'attaque [Paperback]

Philippe-Alain Michaud (Author), Larys Frogier (Author), Elisabeth Lebovici (Author), Caroline Bourgeois (Editor), Adel Abdessemed (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2007

Adel Abdessemed was born in 1971 in Constantine, Algeria. He left North Africa in the 1990s as a political migrant, and eventually his travels brought him to the P.S.1 International Studio Program, where he showed in Uniforms: Order and Disorder in 2001. Then September 11 came along. In its aftermath, Abdessemed found he couldn't make a home in the U.S. He was the subject of suspicion; it was "unlivable." He has since settled in Paris, but he hasn't left September 11 behind: his Fire Space includes a baggage cart full of burnt wood, and Habibi is a gigantic human skeleton, flying, Superman-style, arms outstretched--a cinematic, larger-than-life angel of the apocalypse. Beyond P.S.1, Abdessemed's work has been seen at the 2003 Venice Biennale and at the Palais de Tokyo, Paris. This is his first monograph.

Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: JRP|Ringier; Bilingual edition (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3905770458
• ISBN-13: 978-3905770452
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,625,680 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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