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Adel Abdessemed
Over two floors of the museum, Adel Abdessemed presents a selection of works never before shown in France, as well as a number of new creations, including 'L’antidote', the work from which the exhibition takes its name. 'L’antidote' is the name of a bar in Lyon frequented in the 1990s by Abdessemed, who was then a student at the Ecole National des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. It was here that he met Julie, his future wife, and an important figure in his work. The exhibition fosters a dialogue between intimate personal experiences and a political message destined for authoritarian and violent regimes of all kinds, it is an ode to the human condition.

L'Antidote

Musée d'art contemporain Lyon, Lyon

9 March – 8 July 2018

L'Antidote

Musée d'art contemporain Lyon, Lyon

9 March – 8 July 2018

Over two floors of the museum, Adel Abdessemed presents a selection of works never before shown in France, as well as a number of new creations, including 'L’antidote', the work from which the exhibition takes its name. 'L’antidote' is the name of a bar in Lyon frequented in the 1990s by Abdessemed, who was then a student at the Ecole National des Beaux-Arts in Lyon. It was here that he met Julie, his future wife, and an important figure in his work. The exhibition fosters a dialogue between intimate personal experiences and a political message destined for authoritarian and violent regimes of all kinds, it is an ode to the human condition.