Cover of Kader Attia

Book 2019

Kader Attia

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Publisher
Hayward Gallery Publishing
Language
English
Published
2019
  • Individual artists
  • Individual Artist
  • Art
  • Art & Art Instruction
  • Exhibitions
  • French Art
  • Algerian Art
  • Interviews

The Algerian-French artist Kader Attia (*1970) is an internationally acclaimed. His installations and photographs are based on in-depth ethnological, sociological, and philosophical research. A central topos is the influence of colonialism on Western and non-Western cultures and the processes conditioned by it. The centerpiece of the exhibition at the Ludwig Museum Koblenz is the film "Réfléchir la Mémoire", for which Kader Attia was awarded the renowned Marcel Duchamp Prize in 2016. The accompanying publication presents selected works that reflect on the topic of architecture and the memories manifested in it.00Exhibition: Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany (05.11.2017- 21.01.2018).