NAME
Adel Abdessemed
is Beautiful

‘is Beautiful’, 2017,
marble,
231 × 170 × 97 cm

These three female nudes, recalling the Three Graces, were inspired by a picture seen in newspapers. The picture shows the german chancellor, smiling, nude. The photo was published in Vanity Fair in 2015, but initially came into the public eye during the election campaign in 2013.