


Sphéres II (Spheres II), 2006Adel AbdessemedTwo military issue security barbed wire ringsTwo military issue security barbed wire ringsKimberly Aubuchon
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Courtesy of the artist and Kamel Mennour; ParisSource: NIKON D70
Courtesy ofKimberly Aubuchon
Courtesy of the artist and Kamel Mennour; ParisSource: NIKON D70


Talking Mirror, 2007Mircea CantorCowboy hat filled with oilCowboy hat filled with oilKimberly Aubuchon
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Courtesy of the artistSource: NIKON D70
Courtesy ofKimberly Aubuchon
Courtesy of the artistSource: NIKON D70

Untitled, (Identité, Tradition et Souveraineté) [Untitled, (Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty)], 2007Claire FontaineFlags, flag poles, and dust of the exhibitionFlags, flag poles, and dust of the exhibitionTodd Johnson
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Courtesy of the artist and Air de Paris, Galerie Chantal Crousel, ParisSource: FinePix S3Pro
Courtesy of theTodd Johnson
Courtesy of the artist and Air de Paris, Galerie Chantal Crousel, ParisSource: FinePix S3Pro

God is Design, 2005Adel Abdessemed4 minutes, 44 seconds, looped4 minutes, 44 seconds, loopedDigital animation with soundTodd Johnson
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Courtesy of the artist and Kamel Mennour, ParisSource: FinePix S3Pro
Courtesy of theTodd Johnson
Courtesy of the artist and Kamel Mennour, ParisSource: FinePix S3Pro
Power Play features videos, photographs, and sculptures by Adel Abdessemed, Mircea Cantor, and Claire Fontaine that propose resistance to traditional power structures. The works were created in the last several years in Paris against a politically explosive backdrop of growing tensions within the city’s immigrant populations. The artists employ different strategies to protest an institutionalized power dynamic that encourages inequality and fear in the marginalized, and has led to riots in the streets.