Arabesque

source: kaderattiade

Lives and works in Berlin and Algiers
Kader Attia (b. 1970, France), grew up in both Algeria and the suburbs of Paris, and uses this experience of living as a part of two cultures as a starting point to develop a dynamic practice that reflects on aesthetics and ethics of different cultures. He takes a poetic and symbolic approach to exploring the wide-ranging repercussions of Western modern cultural hegemony and colonialism on non-Western cultures, investigating identity politics of historical and colonial eras, from Tradition to Modernity, in the light of our globalized world, of which he creates a genealogy.
For several years, his research focuses on the concept of Repair, as a constant in Human Nature, of which the modern Western Mind and the traditional extra-Occidental Thought have always had an opposite vision. From Culture to Nature, from gender to architecture, from science to philosophy, any system of life is an infinite process of repair.
Recent exhibitions include “The Injuries are Here” a solo show at the Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts de Lausanne, “Culture, Another Nature Repaired”, a solo show at the Middelheim Museum, Antwerp, ‘Contre Nature’, a solo show at the Beirut Art Center, ‘Continuum of Repair: The Light of Jacob’s Ladder’, a solo show at Whitechapel Gallery, London, ‘Repair. 5 Acts’, a solo show at KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, ‘Construire, Déconstruire, Reconstruire: Le Corps Utopique’, a solo show at Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, the Biennale of Dakar, dOCUMENTA(13) in Kassel, ‘Performing Histories (1)’ at MoMA, New York, and ‘Contested Terrains’, Tate Modern, London.
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source: seuaorg

Kader Attia studierte Philosophie und Kunst in Paris und Barcelona. Seine erste Einzelausstellung wurde im Jahr 1996 in der Demokratischen Republik Kongo veranstaltet. Mit seinen Werken erhielt er auf der 50. Biennale in Venedig (2003) und auf der dOCUMENTA (13) (2012) internationale Aufmerksamkeit und Anerkennung. Im Jahr 2014 wurde ihm der Berlin Art Prize: Jubilee Foundation 1848/1948 verliehen. Kader Attias Werk ist weltweit für die Erforschung von nicht-westlichen und westlichen Kulturen bekannt. Seit einigen Jahren konzentriert sich seine Arbeit auf den Begriff der Reparatur. Die visuellen Arbeiten von Kader Attia konfrontieren den Betrachter mit den Widersprüchen in seiner persönlichen Wahrnehmung. Einige Ausstellungen in den letzten Jahren: „Contre Nature“ im Beirut Art Center; „Continuum of Repair: The Light of Jacob’s Ladder“, in der Whitechapel Gallery, London; „Repair. 5 Acts“, im KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin; „Construire, Déconstruire, Reconstruire: Le Corps Utopique“, im Musée d’Art moderne de la Ville de Paris; dOCUMENTA (13) in Kassel; „Performing Histories (1)“ im MoMA, New York; „Contested Terrains“ in der Tate Modern, London.
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sourcedgeofarabia

Kader Attia spent his childhood between France and Algeria, between the Christian Occident and the Islamic Maghreb. The more he grew up, the more he felt that being ‘in between’ was at the root of his identities. Awarded the 2010 Abraaj Capital Art Prize, Attia’s work continues to explore the impact of Western cultural and political capitalism on the Middle East and North Africa, as well as how this residual strain of struggle and resistance to colonisation impacts Arab youth, particularly in the banlieues (suburbs) of France where Attia lived. While each new series employs different materials, symbols and scale, Attia’s practice continually returns to a sustained look at the poetic dimensions and complexities of contemporary life.

Born in Dugny, France in 1970, Kader Attia spent his childhood between France and Algeria, between the Christian Occident and the Islamic Maghreb. His work explores the impact of Western cultural and political capitalism on the Middle East and North Africa, as well as how this residual strain of struggle and resistance to colonisation impacts Arab youth, particularly in the banlieues (suburbs) of France where Attia lived. While each new series employs different materials, symbols and scale, Attia’s practice continually returns to a sustained look at the poetic dimensions and complexities of contemporary life. Recent awards include the Cairo Biennial Prize (2008) and the Abraaj Capital Art Prize (2010). Attia’s work has been widely exhibited at major international institutions including the ICA, Boston, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris and the Saatchi Gallery, London. Kader Attia is represented by Galerie Christian Nagel, Berlin and Cologne, and Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna.
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source: artdiscover

Kader Attia nació en 1970 en el seno de una familia argelina en París. Estudió filosofía y bellas artes en París y pasó un año en la Escuela de Artes Aplicadas de Barcelona en 1993.

Su infancia entre Francia y Argelia, ir y venir entre el Occidente cristiano, el Magreb Islámico y el mundo sefardí judío argelino, ha tenido un profundo impacto en su trabajo y el tiempo dedicado vivir en el Congo-Kinshasa, así como Venezuela ha desarrollado aún más su visión. Su trabajo aborda la cada vez más difícil relación entre Europa y los inmigrantes, en particular los de la fe islámica.
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source: eselat

Kader Attia nasceu em 1970 na França e cresceu na Argélia e nos subúrbios de Paris. Sua experiência de viver em duas culturas formar a origem para o desenvolvimento de uma prática dinâmica que reflete a estética ea ética de diferentes culturas. Com uma abordagem poética e simbólica para o amplo impacto da hegemonia ocidental moderna e colonialismo em culturas não-ocidentais, Attia examina a identidade e as políticas de territórios históricos e coloniais e criado a partir de tradição à modernidade, à luz do mundo globalizado, a sua própria genealogia ,
Durante vários anos, a sua investigação centra-se no conceito de fixação no estado, como uma parte integrante da natureza humana, que na compreensão das culturas orientada modernidade ocidental desempenha um papel muito diferente do que no entendimento de culturas außerabendländischen tradicionais.
Da cultura à natureza, o gênero à arquitectura, da ciência à filosofia, todo sistema de vida é um processo sem fim de reparar.

Desde a sua primeira grande exposição individual na RDC, em 1996, suas obras em muitas exposições internacionais importantes, como a 50 Bienal de Veneza (2003), a 8ª Bienal de Lyon (2005) ou o dOCUMENTA foram (13), em Kassel (2012) e em exposições individuais como “Sonhos Quadrado” no Centro Báltico de Arte Contemporânea, Newcastle, no Reino Unido (2007), “Construire, Déconstruire, reconstruire: Le corps utopique” o Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris (2012), o reparo. 5 atua no Instituto KW de Arte Contemporânea, em Berlim (2013), “Continuum do reparo: a luz de escada de Jacob”, no Centro de BOZAR de Belas Artes, Bruxelas, (2014), “Contre Nature” em Beirute Art Center / Lebanon ( 2014), “Natureza, Cultura reparado outro” em Middelheimmuseum, Antuérpia (2014) e em exposições colectivas incluem como “Terrenos contestados” na Tate Modern, em Londres (2011), “10 ans du Projet pour l’Art Contemporain” no Centre Pompidou, Paris (2012), “Execução de Histórias (1)” no Museu de Arte Moderna de Nova Iorque (2012), os Termos e Condições no Museu de arte de Singapore (2013), “Salon de medo” no Kunsthalle Wien (2013), “Histórias de arte” no MdM Salzburg (2014), “Onde estamos agora?”, como parte do 5. Marrakech Biennale, Marrocos (2014), “Explorations Whorled” (com curadoria de Jitish Kallat) como parte do Kochi Muziris Biennale na Índia (2014), e “Streamline” no Deichtorhallen Hamburgo (2015), mostrado.