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TA3ADHODIAT AL AMAL, 2012
Acrylique et stylo sur dos de toile
150x110 cm
Courtesy Galerie El Marsa, Tunis.
The reaction is, at the sight of the paintings, immediate. A feeling of a
déjà vu .... Indeed, since Atef Maatallah paints what we want to ignore:
the vagabonds, beggars, thugs, unemployed, marginals, workers too.
Familiar characters with whom Atef has gone a long way. He observes
them in public transport, streets, takes pictures. This young man from
Fahs paints mostly Fahsie