Waiting for Omar Gatlato: Contemporary Art from Algeria and its Diaspora
The exhibition borrows its title from a 1979 publication on early Algerian film, edited by Wassyla Tamzali, which references Samuel Beckett’s play Waiting for Godot and Merzak Allouache’s 1976 cult classic film Omar Gatlato. The exhibition title combines two important conceptual clues for how contemporary Algerian visual artists and filmmakers approach and engage art as the decolonization process evolves. Both source works are portraits of anti-heroes trying to make sense of their day-to-day lives.
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Slide 1: Fayçal Baghriche. Le bras du Cardinal (The Cardinal's Arm), 2016. Bronze and brass. Courtesy of the artist and FRAC Poitou-Charentes, Angoulême. Image: © Paris ADAGP
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Slide 2: Halida Boughriet. Corps de Masse (Body Mass), 2014. HD video, 15:51 min. Courtesy of the artist. © ADAGP / Halida Boughriet, 2018.
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Slide 3: Adel Bentounsi. "CV," 2019. Pressure cooker with keyboard stickers for PC. Courtesy of the artist.
The exhibition has been developed through the generous support of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Additional support has been provided by Etant Donnés Contemporary Art, a program developed by FACE Foundation and the Cultural Services of the French Embassy in the United States, with lead funding from the French Ministry of Culture and Institut Français-Paris, the Florence Gould Foundation, The Ford Foundation, the Helen Frankenthaler Foundation, Chanel USA, the ADAGP, and the CPGA.