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Mohamed Khadda Quotes

1930–1991 Algeria

Mohamed Khadda (1930–1991) was an Algerian painter, graphic artist, sculptor, and writer who became one of the founders of modern Algerian painting.

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With the collapse of colonialism, the values that Old Europe left to us are breaking down as well.

If figurative painting appears as the norm in terms of expression, it is the result of an acculturation phenomenon.

The artist—like the worker and the peasant—has a duty to participate in the edification of this new world, in which man will no longer exploit man.

Our country is taking the socialist path, and the artist like the worker and the peasant has a duty to participate in the edification of this new world.

There are so many of our culture’s treasures that must be brought to light, from the enigmatic Tassili frescoes to the humble murals of the Ouadhias tribe.

The honor of our Revolution is the confidence that it shows in man, the “freedom to express freely, for our culture must enrich itself with the audacity of the Revolution.”

We must distinguish art from agitation.

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