Hamid Zénati
Hamid Zénati
Hamid Zénati
The artist never stretched his works on stretcher bars. He preferred to spontaneously lay them out in his surroundings or to stage them in photographs as performative sculptures.
Indonesia, 1990s.
© Hamid Zénati Estate, Hamid Zénati
The artist never stretched his works on stretcher bars. He preferred to spontaneously lay them out in his surroundings or to stage them in photographs as performative sculptures.
Indonesia, 1990s.
© Hamid Zénati Estate, Hamid Zénati
Hamid Zénati (Constantine, 1944 – Munich, 2022) developed an interdisciplinary practice spanning painting, photography, textile, interior, and fashion design. A self-taught artist, he created more than a thousand works, driven by an anarchic creative impulse. He began his career as a translator and artist in Algiers in the 1970s and lived between Algeria and Germany. He studied translation and photography in Munich, where he produced much of his work. His practice was featured at Haus der Kunst (Munich), Museum Angewandte Kunst (Frankfurt), Das Minsk (Potsdam), and Nottingham Contemporary, among others.