Trajectoires artistiques, engagement et héritage du peintre Hamed Abdalla (1917–1985)

Entretien avec Samir Abdallah

Authors

  • Claudia Polledri University of Montreal
  • Perin Emel Yavuz Institute for Democracy, Media and Cultural Exchange (IDEM), Paris

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36950/manazir.2024.6.7

Keywords:

Lettrism, Expressionism, Modern painting, Cosmopolitanism, Paris, Palestinian question

Abstract

In this interview, Samir Abdallah retraces the many trajectories in the life of his father, the Egyptian painter Hamed Abdalla, between Egypt, Europe and the Arab world, as well as his work, which has been the subject of renewed interest since the 2000s. In the background, we can also trace the political tensions and conflicts that have marked relations between the Arab world and Europe, and which have undoubtedly influenced the reception and recognition of the painters of Arab modernism, to which Hamed Abdalla belongs. This exchange was also an opportunity to highlight Samir Abdallah’s political heritage. His documentaries bear witness to his father’s commitment to the Palestinian question.

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Author Biographies

  • Claudia Polledri, University of Montreal

    Claudia Polledri is a part-time lecturer (UQAM and Concordia University), art critic, and researcher at the Laboratoire CinéMédias, Université de Montréal, where she earned a PhD; her thesis was devoted to photographic representations of Beirut (1982–2011) and the study of the relationship between photography and history in relation to Lebanon’s civil war . Her current research focuses on photography and cinema in Lebanon and Iran. She recently co-edited an issue of the journal Regards with André Habib and Bamchade Pourvali entitled “Soulèvements Iraniens. Enjeux contemporains du cinéma et des arts visuels en Iran”. She has collaborated with a number of magazines, including Hors Champ, Spirale, Ciel Variable, Esse, and Espace Art Actuel. She has been a member of ARVIMM since 2017.

  • Perin Emel Yavuz, Institute for Democracy, Media and Cultural Exchange (IDEM), Paris

    Perin Emel Yavuz holds a doctorate in art history and theory, and is co-founder of the research group on the visual arts in the Middle East 19th–21st centuries (ARVIMM). She specialises in narrativity in art forms and is interested in art as a space for cultural and political interaction in relation to global transformations and contemporary issues of representation. She has coordinated a number of publications, including “Que fait la mondialisation à l'esthétique” with Bruno Trentini (Proteus, no. 8, March 2015), “Contextualiser nos regards” with Annabelle Boissier , Fanny Gillet, and Alain Messaoudi (Revue des mondes musulmans et de la Méditerranée, no. 142, 2018), and “Les images migrent aussi” with Elsa Gomis and Francesco Zucconi (De facto Migrations, no. 24, January 2021). Currently head of communications and development at IDEM (L’Institut pour la Démocratie) and a member of the Désinfox-Migrations association, her career has been marked by a constant commitment to disseminating knowledge on sensitive subjects that divide society.

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Published

14.05.2025

Issue

Vol. 6 (2024): Les artistes du Maghreb et du Moyen-Orient,
l’art abstrait et Paris

Section

Perspectives

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Copyright (c) 2025 Claudia Polledri, Perin Emel Yavuz

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How to Cite

Polledri, C., & Emel Yavuz, P. (2025). Trajectoires artistiques, engagement et héritage du peintre Hamed Abdalla (1917–1985): Entretien avec Samir Abdallah. Manazir Journal, 6, 168–190. https://doi.org/10.36950/manazir.2024.6.7