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Mahjoub BEN BELLA (Algeria, 1946 - Lille, 2020) Plans couleurs, 2008 Mixed media on canvas 60 x 60 cm Signed lower right 2008 Countersigned, titled, dated on the back and on the stretcher: VII Mons en Hainaut. *** Mixed media on canvas, signed lower right; signed, titled and dated on the reverse (23⅝ × 23⅝ in.). Painted in 2008. recorded in the artist's catalog raisonné. This work is recorded in the artist's catalog raisonné under no. A2008PEI-16-60x60-SD417. Mahjoub Ben Bella trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Oran, then in Tourcoing, before continuing his studies at the École supérieure des Arts Décoratifs and the École supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. His pictorial language, initially rooted in Arabic calligraphy, evolved into a lyrical abstraction abounding in form and color, in keeping with the abstract expressionist movement on both sides of the Atlantic. An artist of international stature, he exhibits all over the world, and his works can be found in prestigious collections such as the British Museum, the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, LaM and La Piscine. His monumental work is equally remarkable: fresco at Riyadh airport (1982), painting of 12 km of cobblestones on the Paris-Roubaix course (1986), portrait of Nelson Mandela for the Wembley concert (1988), 4,000 m² projection at the São Paulo stadium (1999), decoration of a Tourcoing metro station (2000). His works are held in numerous public collections in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, including the British Museum (London), the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, LaM and La Piscine (Northern France), Mathaf (Doha), the Barjeel Art Foundation (Sharjah), the Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris), MACAM (Tunis) and the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts (Amman).