Our images of the Palais de Tokyo Spring exhibitions and that of Mohamed Bourouissa
Time Out, Peripheral, Legend, No Time for Regrets… It is certainly no coincidence that the work of Mohamed Bourouissa sounds like the latest project of a popular rapper. The Franco-Algerian artist masters the codes of the genre better than anyone and even owes his early recognition to them: fifteen years ago, the visual artist came out of the shadows by illegally passing a cell phone in prison and asking his cloistered accomplice to document his daily life, usually deprived of any representation. In this strong reference to Booba's first solo album, Mohamed Bourouissa lays the foundations of his urban and poetic repertoire. Since then, the artist has continued to move from project to project until signing this new visual score at the Palais de Tokyo. From cries to silence, including the murmur of the ghosts of colonialism, this screamingly truthful exhibition combines sounds, drawings, photographs, films, sculptures, watercolors, plants, experimental music and collective energies. We listen, we watch, we learn and we discover an album of familiar, intimate and disparate works, where his latest creations rub shoulders with his first pieces, to which are added a few compositions by artist friends. The succession is assured.








