Mohamed Demagh (4 July 1930 – 16 August 2018) was an Algerian sculptor.
Biography
During the
Algerian War Mohamed Demagh survived a bombing of French aviation in the maquis in
Aures under the command of Abdelhamid Boudiaf (not to be confused with Mohammed Boudiaf) where 35 of his companions perished. He refused to participate in the
First Indochina War
The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam) began in French Indochina from 19 December 1946 to 20 July 1954 between France and Việt Minh (Democratic Republic of Vi ...
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Mohamed Demagh began his artistic career in 1966. He has presented several solo exhibitions and participated in mass demonstrations in Algeria (1972, 1974, 1983, 1992).
After
September 11 attacks
The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commer ...
, in memory of the victims, he created a piece of debris from bombs dating from the
Algerian War.
[Mr Bourki, El Watan, 3 October 2005]
A retrospective of the artist's life was produced by the Algerian television during the 1980s.
References
External links
Algerian sculptors
Abstract artists
1930 births
2018 deaths
Chaoui people
Algerian artists
21st-century Algerian people
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