Soufiane Ababri's "Bedwork" features a bold color palette with contrasting blues, reds, and earthy tones, emphasizing muscular and dynamic human forms. The composition presents two figures in an intimate and ambiguous scenario against a backdrop of red cross patterns. The style is expressive and reminiscent of Persian miniatures, with an emphasis on hidden and revealed elements. Ababri's work explores societal tensions and personal narratives, offering commentary on identity and introspection. ...
It is in his bed, lying down, that Soufiane Ababri makes his "bed works". In essence, he examines the ambivalence of a society that is criss-crossed by tensions that are not so much the reflection of its contradictions, but rather of its complementarity. His heritage lies in his own story, built up by layer upon layer of personal and intimate events. A lover of sociology, Ababri’s entire body of work plays with the idea of seeing: the artist observes a world that observes him in a form of introspection combining his own unique perception, shared representations and accepted social facts in an exercise that is reminiscent of Persian miniatures and their subtle play with what is hidden and what is revealed. ...
