ail , ▁Ab del k ader ▁Guer maz ▁and ▁Ali ▁Ali - K hod ja . ▁Moh amed ▁Kh add a ▁wrote : ▁" If ▁figur ative ▁painting ▁appears ▁as ▁the ▁norm ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁expression , ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁result ▁of ▁an ▁acc ult uration ▁phenomen on ". ▁Art works ▁liber ately ▁figur ative ▁are ▁a ▁form ▁of ▁liber ation ▁in ▁that ▁sense , ▁as ▁literal ▁representations ▁do ▁not ▁seem ▁to ▁fully ▁emer ge ▁from ▁the ▁cluster ▁of ▁ex ot ism ▁and ▁orient al ism . ▁ ▁The ▁" P ain ters ▁of ▁the ▁Sign " ▁are ▁Al ger ian ▁artists ▁born ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁who , ▁at ▁the ▁beginning ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁found ▁insp iration ▁in ▁the ▁abstract ▁rh ythm ▁of ▁Arab ic ▁writing . ▁The ▁term ▁" pe in tres ▁du ▁S igne " ▁was ▁co ined ▁by ▁the ▁poet ▁Jean ▁S én ac ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 . ▁He ▁was ▁hosting ▁in ▁Al ger ▁the ▁" G all erie ▁ 5 4 ". ▁ ▁The ▁first ▁collect ive ▁exhibition ▁reun ited ▁A ks ou h , ▁Bay a , ▁Ab dal lah ▁Ben ante ur , ▁Bou z id , ▁Ab del k ader ▁Guer maz , ▁Kh add a , ▁Jean ▁de ▁M aison se ul , ▁Maria ▁M anton , ▁Mart ine z , ▁Louis ▁N all ard ▁and ▁Re z ki ▁Z ér art i . ▁He ▁wrote ▁in ▁his ▁presentation : ▁"