Adel Abdessemed (cult proj 1) Jaron Segal

     Adel Absemmed was born in 1917 at Constantine, Algeria. He moved to Paris, France in 1994 because of times of distress in his home of Algeria. He attended École des Beaux-Arts for 13 years in Lyon, France. He does many different types of art; not just painting, photography, sculpting, etc.

     He has had many solo exhibits in gallerys around the world but his 2 main galleries are in Tel Aviv, Isreal, and New York City. His artwork is very contraversal , focusing on issues like; cruelty to animals, corrupt people, and corrupt society in the modern world.

   He is actually a big reason why the Humanitarian Art Ordinance was founded. It says that "artwork should be deemed illegal when the artist has caused, created or contributed to the crime of animal abuse for the purpose of his or her creation of the media or exhibit."-wikipeda
   His exhibit "Usine" had animals trapped in a pen, attacking each other, and ripping each other to pieces. His other exhibit "Dont Trust Me" shows horses and other animals being killed before they are going to be eaten. These 2 exhibits were highly frowned upon by most poeple for the brutality they depicted.

Jaron Segal