Kader Attia

Krinzinger Gallery, Vienna, Austria
Acquired from the above by present owner

Vienna, Krinzinger Gallery, Complementary Conversations, 2015

There is an uneven layer of dust on the work, particularly in the inner parts. Surface scratches can be seen throughout which is consistent with the nature of the medium as a found object. There is some glue residue on the upper left edge and the lower left edge where the Sofia paper has been glued on, which is considered to be artist intent. All these are as visible in the catalogue illustration.
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Untitled (Collage en Volume) is a ready-made motorcycle part, which Kader Attia acquired in Algeria. In its plastic mass-produced form, the work alludes to the structure of an African mask. To the bottom left, a Sofia branded pasteurised margarine wrapper is glued onto the work, further referencing the concept of globalized commercialism in modern Algeria.

As a child who was raised between France and Algeria, Attia was often between worlds of the Christian Occident and the Islamic Maghreb. Much of his work is inspired by the range of differences on cultures, history and social structures in negotiating an identity between North Africa, the Middle East, and Europe. Attia explores the creation and evolution of individual identity within the globalized contexts of multiple connected cultures.

Kader Attia was exhibited in the 57th Venice Biennale in 2017, Sharjah Biennial in 2017, Daka’Art Biennale in 2016 and 2014, Documenta (13) in 2012, the Biennial of Dublin in 2011, and 8th Bamako Encounters – African Biennale of Photography in 2009. Some of his solo exhibitions have been presented at the Museum of Contemporary Art (Sydney, Australia); Museum für Moderne Kunst, Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts in Switzerland, KW Institute for Contemporary Art (Germany); Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, The Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, and Musée d’Art Contemporain de Lyon.