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Adel Abdessemed
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents 'Conflict' by Franco-Algerian artist Adel Abdessemed. This immersive installation features a group of 31 black chalk drawings of life-sized military figures with their guns drawn, surrounding visitors on all sides. Another drawing, 'Cri' (2007), after Nick Ut’s famous photograph of Kim Phuc, the 'Napalm Girl' from the Vietnam War, was created by the artist especially for this project, highlighting the disturbing presence of innocence in the midst of wartime violence.

Conflict

Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montreal

16 February – 7 May 2017

Conflict

Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal, Montreal

16 February – 7 May 2017

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts presents 'Conflict' by Franco-Algerian artist Adel Abdessemed. This immersive installation features a group of 31 black chalk drawings of life-sized military figures with their guns drawn, surrounding visitors on all sides. Another drawing, 'Cri' (2007), after Nick Ut’s famous photograph of Kim Phuc, the 'Napalm Girl' from the Vietnam War, was created by the artist especially for this project, highlighting the disturbing presence of innocence in the midst of wartime violence.