Opening of the exhibition "Women of Algiers" by Mustapha Boutadjine

These works, created ten years ago, have already been the subject of a cultural event in the artist's gallery, Arts Bribus, in Paris.

The works on display, large-format collages made from scraps of paper torn from glossy magazines, depict women who fought for freedom, justice, dignity... who resisted.

"Resistant with a capital R," says the artist. "Because the Resistant is independent, unique, singular. The S signifies that there are several resistances: poetic, literary, sporting, artistic, political, of course."

The artist brings to life a series of portraits of Algerian female fighters, such as Djamila Boupacha, Djamila Bouhired, Ourida Meddad, Louisette Ighilahriz, and Baya La Noire.

Alongside them, other women involved in the Algerian war of liberation, such as Simone de Beauvoir, Germaine Tillion, Gisèle Halimi...

These rebels symbolize the cause of women.

Mustapha Boutadjine is an Algerian painter, poster artist, and designer, born in Algiers

May 16, 1952.

Mustapha Boutadjine gives the art of portraiture an extra meaning.

In his work, the representation of a face, beyond a strong and scrupulous resemblance, is intended to be a testimony to a broader, and one might even say deeper, more detailed, more sedimented, figuration.