{"title":"Adel Abdessemed","description":"\u003cp\u003eAdel Abdessemed (b. 1971, Constantine, Algeria) — artist working across sculpture, photography, film, drawing, and installation. Based between Europe and the United States, Abdessemed emerged during the 2000s as one of the most discussed artists of his generation, addressing violence, representation, power, memory, and resistance through work that repeatedly stages encounters between bodies, monuments, and collective symbols. He has exhibited at the Venice Biennale, Centre Pompidou, and major institutions internationally.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExhibition ephemera, printed matter, and related documents from The New Rare.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"adel-abdessemed-rio-david-zwirner-new-york-2009","title":"Adel Abdessemed — Rio, David Zwirner, New York, 2009","description":"\u003cp\u003eExhibition invitation card\u003cbr\u003eDavid Zwirner, 519 \u0026amp; 525 \u0026amp; 533 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011\u003cbr\u003e3 April – 9 May 2009\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOffset print on folded card stock\u003cbr\u003eApprox. 20.5 × 20.5 cm\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e very good vintage condition. Light handling wear and minor surface marks. The traces remain part of the record: evidence of circulation, storage, handling, and transfer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIssued for \u003cem\u003eRio\u003c\/em\u003e, Adel Abdessemed’s 2009 exhibition at David Zwirner in New York. The cover reproduces a detail from \u003cem\u003eLincoln\u003c\/em\u003e (2009), a large-scale C-print depicting the artist reclining across a seated figure based on the Lincoln Memorial. The work belongs to a period in which Abdessemed repeatedly reactivated historical, political, and cultural symbols through direct physical intervention, staging encounters between contemporary bodies and collective monuments.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Algeria in 1971 and based between Europe and the United States, Adel Abdessemed emerged during the 2000s as one of the most discussed artists of his generation. His work frequently combines sculpture, photography, film, drawing, and installation, addressing violence, representation, power, memory, and resistance. By the time of \u003cem\u003eRio\u003c\/em\u003e, he had already exhibited internationally at major institutions including the Venice Biennale, positioning the exhibition as part of his rapid ascent within the global contemporary art circuit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs an object, the card records a specific moment in the expansion of David Zwirner’s Chelsea programme during the late 2000s. The image operates simultaneously as artwork, announcement, and distribution device. Folded, mailed, retained, and later separated from its original function, the invitation remains as a compact record of how contemporary art entered circulation before social media became the dominant exhibition platform.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA gallery announcement retained long enough to change status.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShipping and handling included.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53595710816594,"sku":"ABDESSEMED-ZWIRNER-INV-2009","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/Abdessemed_-Adel.-David-Zwirner-show-invite.-2009-front.jpg?v=1780028782"}],"url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/collections\/adel-abdessemed.oembed","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}