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Ammar Bouras studied at the École supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Algiers.

Tagh'out, 2011

Ammar Bouras
Tagh'out, 2011
Multi-channel mixed-media
Installation
2 light boxes
500 x 220 cm each
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Photo by Plamen Galabov

Biography

Field experience in photography, within the context of the tragic events of the 1990s, added a political dimension and a new impetus to his work.The integration and manipulation of photography led Ammar Bouras to a complex photo-painting language. His present multimedia installations, where video and photography are featured in motion-picture walls, situate him at the crossroads of the aesthetic, the social and the political. His bibliography includes Poussières d’ange (2003) with Christian Lecompte and many exhibition catalogues. Bouras has works in African and Middle Eastern museums and in private international collections.

This person was part of Sharjah Biennial 10

Tagh’out

projects

'In the eyes of the Islamist terrorists I belonged to the hateful category of the tagh’out' – a traitor to the cause of God.

Sharjah Biennial 10: Plot for a Biennial

publications

Accompanying and complementing the main premise of Sharjah Biennial 10, Plot for a Biennial explores the concept of a ‘conversation’ through printed matter.