Installation view of Kader Attia: Whistleblower, Desert X AlUla, Saudi Arabia; February 9 – March 23, 2024

Installation view of Kader Attia
Whistleblower
Desert X AlUla, Saudi Arabia
February 9 – March 23, 2024

Installation view of Kader Attia: Whistleblower, Desert X AlUla, Saudi Arabia; February 9 – March 23, 2024

Installation view of Kader Attia
Whistleblower
Desert X AlUla, Saudi Arabia
February 9 – March 23, 2024

Installation view of Kader Attia: Whistleblower, Desert X AlUla, Saudi Arabia; February 9 – March 23, 2024

Installation view of Kader Attia
Whistleblower
Desert X AlUla, Saudi Arabia
February 9 – March 23, 2024

Installation view of Kader Attia: J’Accuse, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany; April 27 – August 19, 2024

Installation view of Kader Attia
J’Accuse
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
April 27 – August 19, 2024

Installation view of Kader Attia: J’Accuse, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany; April 27 – August 19, 2024

Installation view of Kader Attia
J’Accuse
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
April 27 – August 19, 2024

Installation view of Kader Attia: J’Accuse, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany; April 27 – August 19, 2024

Installation view of Kader Attia
J’Accuse
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
April 27 – August 19, 2024

Installation view of Kader Attia: On Silence, MATHAF: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar; November 8, 2021 - March 31, 2022

Installation view of Kader Attia
On Silence
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar
November 8, 2021 - March 31, 2022
Photo: Markus Elbaus

Installation view of Kader Attia: On Silence, MATHAF: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar; November 8, 2021 - March 31, 2022

Installation view of Kader Attia
On Silence
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar
November 8, 2021 - March 31, 2022
Photo: Markus Elbaus

Installation view of Kader Attia: On Silence, MATHAF: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar; November 8, 2021 - March 31, 2022

Installation view of Kader Attia
On Silence
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha, Qatar
November 8, 2021 - March 31, 2022
Photo: Markus Elbaus

Installation view of Kader Attia: ​​​​​​​The Valley of Dreams, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, California; November 12 – December 19, 2020

Installation view of Kader Attia
The Valley of Dreams
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
November 12 – December 19, 2020

Installation view of Kader Attia: ​​​​​​​The Valley of Dreams, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, California; November 12 – December 19, 2020

Installation view of Kader Attia 
The Valley of Dreams
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
November 12 – December 19, 2020

Installation view of Kader Attia: ​​​​​​​The Valley of Dreams, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, California; November 12 – December 19, 2020

Installation view of Kader Attia
The Valley of Dreams
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
November 12 – December 19, 2020

Kader Attia, Mirror Mask, 2020. Wooden mask, mirror fragments, black pigment

Mirror Mask
2020
Wooden mask, mirror fragments, black pigment
Artwork Dimensions: 18 1/8 x 7 x 6 5/8 inches (46 x 18 x 17 cm)
Overall Dimensions: 77 x 10 x 10 inches (195.6 x 25.4 x 25.4 cm)

Kader Attia, Untitled, 2020. Collage, ink, photograph, photocopy, print on paper

Untitled
2020
Collage, ink, photograph, photocopy, print on paper
26 1/2 x 32 1/4 x 1 1/2 inches (67.3 x 81.9 x 3.8 cm)
 

Kader Attia, Untitled, 2020. Ceramic, terracotta, epoxy resin and steel plinth

Untitled
2020
Ceramic, terracotta, epoxy resin and steel plinth
Artwork Dimensions: 17 1/8 x 17 1/8 x 3 1/2 inches (43.5 x 43.5 x 8.9 cm)
Overall Dimensions: 70 x 9 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (177.8 x 25.1 x 25.1 cm)

Kader Attia, Janus, 2020. Cast aluminum

Janus
2020
Cast aluminum
787.4 x 582.7 x 681.1 inches ​(2000 x 1480 x 1730 cm)

Installed at Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Donated by Christen Sveaas
Photo: Kunsthaus Zurich, Franca Cadrian

Installation view of Kader Attia: Remembering the Future, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; August 21 – November 15, 2020

Installation view of Kader Attia: Remembering the Future
Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
August 21 – November 15, 2020
Photo: Kunsthaus Zurich, Franca Cadrian

Installation view of Kader Attia: Remembering the Future, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; August 21 – November 15, 2020

Installation view of Kader Attia: Remembering the Future
Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
August 21 - November 15, 2020
Photo: Kunsthaus Zurich, Franca Cadrian

Installation view of Kader Attia: Remembering the Future, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; August 21 – November 15, 2020

Installation view of Kader Attia: Remembering the Future
Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
August 21 - November 15, 2020
Photo: Kunsthaus Zurich, Franca Cadrian

Installation view of Kader Attia: Remembering the Future, Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; August 21 – November 15, 2020

Installation view of Kader Attia: Remembering the Future
Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
August 21 - November 15, 2020
Photo: Kunsthaus Zurich, Franca Cadrian

Installation view of "Kader Attia / MATRIX 274," University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA; September 18 - November 17, 2019

Installation view of Kader Attia / MATRIX 274
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
September 18 - November 17, 2019
Photo: JKA Photography
 

Installation view of "Kader Attia / MATRIX 274," University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA; September 18 - November 17, 2019

Installation view of Kader Attia / MATRIX 274
University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA
September 18 - November 17, 2019
Photo: JKA Photography
 

Installation view of Kader Attia: The Museum of Emotion, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, UK; February 13 – May 6, 2019

Installation view of Kader Attia: The Museum of Emotion
Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, UK
February 13 – May 6, 2019
Photo: Courtesy Hawyard Gallery

Installation view of Kader Attia: The Museum of Emotion, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, UK; February 13 – May 6, 2019

Installation view of Kader Attia: The Museum of Emotion
Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, UK
February 13 – May 6, 2019
Photo: Linda Nylind

Kader Attia, Shifting Borders, 2018. Mixed media installation

Shifting Borders
2018
Mixed media installation; 7 chairs, 14 prosthetic legs, shoes; 3-channel HD digital film projection on 4 screens, 16:9, colour, sound each; "The Paradoxes of Modernity", 43:19 minutes; "Recycling Colonialism", 32:12 minutes; "Catharsis: The Living and the Dead are Looking for Their Bodies", 48:53 minutes

Installation view of The 12th Gwangju Biennial: Imagined Borders
Gwangju, Korea
September 7 - November 11, 2018

Kader Attia, On n’emprisonne pas les idées, 2018. Site-specific installation; series of metal fences, concrete bases, stones

On n’emprisonne pas les idées
2018 
Site-specific installation; series of metal fences, concrete bases, stones

Installation view of Les racines poussent aussi dans le béton 
Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
April 14 - September 16, 2018
Photo: Aurelian Mole, Courtesy MAC VAL

Kader Attia, On n’emprisonne pas les idées, 2018. Site-specific installation; series of metal fences, concrete bases, stones

On n’emprisonne pas les idées (detail)
2018 
Site-specific installation; series of metal fences, concrete bases, stones

Installation view of Les racines poussent aussi dans le béton 
Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
April 14 - September 16, 2018
Photo: Aurelian Mole, Courtesy MAC VAL
 

Installation view of Kader Attia: Les racines poussent aussi dans le béton, Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France; April 14 – September 16, 2018

Installation view of Les racines poussent aussi dans le béton 
Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
April 14 - September 16, 2018
Photo: Aurelian Mole, Courtesy MAC VAL

Installation view of Kader Attia: Les racines poussent aussi dans le béton, Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France; April 14 – September 16, 2018

Installation view of Les racines poussent aussi dans le béton 
Musée d'Art Contemporain du Val-de-Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France
April 14 - September 16, 2018
Photo: Aurelian Mole, Courtesy MAC VAL
 

Kader Attia, Some Modernity’s Footprints, 2018. Site-specific installation; wood, railway sleepers, metal staples

Some Modernity’s Footprints
2018 
Site-specific installation; wood, railway sleepers, metal staples

Installation view of The Field of Emotion
The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
January 27 - May 13, 2018
Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid

 

Kader Attia, Traditional Repair, Immaterial Injury, 2014. Site-specific floor sculpture; metal staples, concrete

Traditional Repair, Immaterial Injury
2014
Site-specific floor sculpture; metal staples, concrete

Installation view of The Field of Emotion
The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
January 27 - May 13, 2018
Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid

Kader Attia, Traditional Repair, Immaterial Injury (detail), 2014. Site-specific floor sculpture; metal staples, concrete

Traditional Repair, Immaterial Injury (detail)
2014
Site-specific floor sculpture; metal staples, concrete

Installation view of The Field of Emotion
The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
January 27 - May 13, 2018
Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid

Installation view of Kader Attia: The Field of Emotion, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada; January 27 – May 13, 2018

Installation view of The Field of Emotion
The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
January 27 - May 13, 2018
Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid

Installation view of Kader Attia: The Field of Emotion, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada; January 27 – May 13, 2018

Installation view of The Field of Emotion
The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
January 27 - May 13, 2018
Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid

Kadre Attia, Untitled (Mounira l’Oranaise), 2018. Print on poster paper

Untitled (Mounira l’Oranaise)
2018
Print on poster paper
86.6 x 57 inches (220 x 145 cm)

Kader Attia, Reflecting Memory, 2016. Single-channel HD digital video projection, color, sound

Reflecting Memory
2016
Single-channel HD digital video projection, color, sound
 

 

 

Kader Attia, Untitled (Ghardaïa), 2009. Installation; cooked couscous on plinth, digital prints on paper

Untitled (Ghardaïa)
2009
Installation; cooked couscous on plinth, digital prints on paper 

Installation view of But a Storm Is Blowing from Paradise: Contemporary Art of the Middle East and North Africa
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
April 29 - October 5, 2016
Photo : David Heald

Kader Attia, J’accuse, 2016. Installation; wooden busts on metallic plinths, wooden sculptures on metallic supports, single-channel video projection, colour, sound

J’accuse (detail)
2016 
Installation; wooden busts on metallic plinths, wooden sculptures on metallic supports, single-channel video projection, colour, sound

Installation view of Sacrifice and Harmony
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
April 16 - August 14, 2016
Photo: Axel Schneider

Kader Attia, J’accuse (detail), 2016. Installation; wooden busts on metallic plinths, wooden sculptures on metallic supports, single-channel video projection, colour, sound

J’accuse (detail)
2016 
Installation; wooden busts on metallic plinths, wooden sculptures on metallic supports, single-channel video projection, colour, sound

Installation view of Sacrifice and Harmony
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
April 16 - August 14, 2016
Photo: Axel Schneider

J’accuse (detail)
2016 
Installation; wooden busts on metallic plinths, wooden sculptures on metallic supports, single-channel video projection, colour, sound

Installation view of Sacrifice and Harmony
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
April 16 - August 14, 2016
Photo: Axel Schneider

Kader Attia, Chaos + Repair = Universe, 2014. Mirror fragments, metal wires

Chaos + Repair = Universe
2014
Mirror fragments, metal wires
Installation; wooden busts on metallic plinths, wooden sculptures on metallic supports, single-channel video projection, colour, sound

Installation view of Sacrifice and Harmony
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
April 16 - August 14, 2016
Photo: Axel Schneider

Kader Attia, Chaos + Repair = Universe (detail), 2014. Mirror fragments, metal wires

Chaos + Repair = Universe (detail)
2014
Mirror fragments, metal wires
Installation; wooden busts on metallic plinths, wooden sculptures on metallic supports, single-channel video projection, colour, sound

Installation view of Sacrifice and Harmony
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
April 16 - August 14, 2016
Photo: Axel Schneider

Kader Attia - Installation view of "Continuum of Repair: The Light of Jacob's Ladder," Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK; November 26, 2013 – November 23, 2014

Installation view of Continuum of Repair: The Light of Jacob's Ladder 
Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
November 26, 2013 – November 23, 2014
 

Kader Attia, "Mirrors and Masks," 2013. Dogon mask, mirrors, pedestals

Mirrors and Masks
2013
Series of sculptures, Dogon masks, mirrors, pedestals

Kader Attia, The Repair from Occident to extra-Occidental Cultures, 2012. Mixed media installation

The Repair from Occident to extra-Occidental Cultures
2012
Mixed media installation

Installation view of dOCUMENTA XIII
Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
June 9 - September 16, 2012
Photo: Roman März

Kader Attia, Rochers Carrés, 2008. Chromogenic Print

Rochers Carrés
2008
Chromogenic Print
31.5 x 47.2 inches (80 x 120 cm)

Kader Attia, Skyline, 2007. Site-specific installation; fridges, black acrylic paint, mirror squares

Skyline
2007
Site-specific installation; fridges, black acrylic paint, mirror squares

Installation view of Square Dreams
BALTIC Center for Contemporary Art, Newcastle
September 21, 2007 - January 13, 2008
Photo: Colin Davidson