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Houria Niati Quotes

born 1948 Algeria

Houria Niati (born 1948) is an Algerian contemporary artist living in London. Niati specializes in mixed media installations that criticize Western representations and objectification of north African and Middle Eastern women.

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It’s about culture and placement and it’s generational,also it is an international scene.

I think all artists work from a personal point of view.

What I had in my heart was to do art, to actually support my country in some way.

Have courage, really persevere. If you are an artist at heart, you can actually do it.

Never, never give up. Never! There is hope that you can carry on no matter what.

I wanted to make a point, about the culture, about my cultural background.

Women, we started really fighting for our identity as artists.

But I wanted my art to scream to the world about what Algeria went through during the war.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Houria Niati (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.