Everyone knows the great former football player Zinedine Zidane and his unfortunate gesture moved to Marco Materazzi in the final of the World Cup 2006. The artist Abdessemed carries a bronze statue of about 5 meters, entitled "Headbutt" representing the altercation between these two people.
This work goes against the traditional statue in honor of some of important victories. It is an ode to defeat.The statue was erected in front of the C between Pompidou in Paris on the occasion of the retrospective opens Oct. 3 with a shock title "Abdessemed, I am innocent. ". A smaller version of the sculpture was exhibited at the David Zwirner Gallery in New York earlier this year.
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