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Mohamed Demagh(4 July 1930 – 16 August 2018)[1]was an Algerian sculptor.[2][3]
Biography
editDuring theAlgerian WarMohamed Demagh survived a bombing of French aviation in the maquis inAuresunder the command of Abdelhamid Boudiaf (not to be confused with Mohammed Boudiaf) where 35 of his companions perished. He refused to participate in theFirst Indochina War.
Mohamed Demagh began his artistic career in 1966. He has presented several solo exhibitions and participated in mass demonstrations in Algeria (1972, 1974, 1983, 1992).
AfterSeptember 11 attacks,in memory of the victims, he created a piece of debris from bombs dating from theAlgerian War.[4]
A retrospective of the artist's life was produced by the Algerian television during the 1980s.
References
edit- ^L'artiste sculpteur Mohamed Demagh n'est plus(in French)
- ^Abrous, Mansour (1 February 2011).Algérie: Arts Plastiques: Dictionnaire biographique (1900-2010)(in French). Editions L'Harmattan.ISBN9782296451643.
- ^Abrous, Mansour (2002).Les artistes algériens: dictionnaire biographique (1917-1999)(in French). Casbah.ISBN9789961642931.
- ^Mr Bourki, El Watan, 3 October 2005
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