I enjoyed seeing the Adel Abdessemed exhibit, but I did not feel much emotion in the pieces. I tried to understand where he was coming from in terms of his religious background and his nationality, but did not get any particularly strong messages from his work.
The ceramic cast of the torched car was very interesting and I feel this was his strongest piece. We can see burned-out cars quite often on the news, but I think the seriousness of actually burning a car in rage was really captured by having that replica.
Overall I think that his work is interesting, just not as incendiary as the guide suggested.
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Something about standing next to the car cast was powerful indeed.
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