Abdelkader Benchamma is nominated as finalist for the 24th edition of the Prix Marcel Duchamp 2024 along side other Artists: Gaelle Choisine, Noémie Goudal and the duo Detanico & Lain. Born in 1975 in Mazamet (France), Abdelkader Benchamma lives and works in Paris and Montpellier. He is represented by the gallery Templon Paris / Brussels/ New York and ADN Galeria, Barcelona. Trained at the Beaux-Arts de Montpellier and the Beaux-Arts de Paris, Abdelkader Benchamma has chosen black and white drawing as his preferred medium. Varying graphic approaches, he sometimes works on paper with a fine, meticulous line, like an engraver, or escapes the frame in an organic growth. Nourished by literature, philosophy, astrophysics and esoteric reflections, he creates visual scenarios that question our relationship with reality, probing the boundaries with the invisible.
The Marcel Duchamp Prize is a prestigious award by the Association pour la Diffusion International de l’Art Francais (adiaf_o) putting the French art scene on the forefront. This year’s laureates will be announced with a show at the @centrepompidou on October 14, 2024.
