▁as ▁Moh amed ▁R ac im ▁( 1 8 9 6 – 1 9 7 4 ) ▁or ▁Moh amed ▁Tem man ▁( 1 9 1 5 - 1 9 8 8 ). ▁It ▁is ▁the ▁two ▁main ▁expression ▁of ▁fig uration ▁in ▁a ▁country ▁where ▁popular ▁abstract ▁symbol ic , ▁Ber ber ian ▁or ▁Arab ic , ▁are ▁integrated ▁mainly ▁through ▁architecture , ▁furn it ures , ▁we aving , ▁pot tery , ▁le ather ▁and ▁metal ▁work mans hip . ▁ ▁How ▁to ▁re app ropri ate ▁one ' s ▁own ▁history ▁is ▁a ▁dynamic ▁in ▁Al ger ian ▁contemporary ▁art , ▁reflect ing ▁on ▁the ▁deep ▁social ▁changes ▁people ▁experienced . ▁ ▁Art ists ▁attempt ▁a ▁successful ▁intros pective ▁work ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁du ality ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁identity ▁creates ▁a ▁dynamic ▁that ▁over comes ▁" orient al ism " ▁and ▁ex ot ism . ▁The ▁main ▁st ake ▁is ▁for ▁the ▁artist ▁and ▁the ▁spect ator ▁to ▁re app ropri ate ▁a ▁liberty ▁of ▁expression ▁and ▁interpretation . ▁Main ▁artists ▁of ▁that ▁period ▁are : ▁Bou ker che , ▁Ben ab ou ra , ▁Ali ▁Ali ▁Kh od ja , ▁Y elles , ▁or ▁Bay a . ▁▁ 1 9 3 0 : ▁a ▁generation ▁of ▁found ers ▁ ▁The ▁vast ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁artists ▁incorpor ate ▁the ▁them atic ▁of ▁the ▁independence ▁war , ▁from ▁those ▁who ▁lived ▁it ▁to ▁the ▁artists ▁that ▁use ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁legacy . ▁Im pre gn ated ▁by ▁all ▁the ▁art istic