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Adel Abdessemed is an acclaimed voice on the international contemporary art scene. His works strike the viewer by challenging morals and aesthetics, while offering insights into a poetic world. This conversation between the artist and the Italian art critic Pier Luigi Tazzi throws a new light on this dimension of his work. Abdessemed discusses his career, his life and works; but what he has to say goes well beyond this framework and addresses the major questions of contemporary art. Combining lightness, seriousness, and passion, this text tackles many issues of artistic creation from an artist’s unique perspective.