"Bedwork" by Soufiane Ababri features vivid colors and a dynamic composition with contrasting hues of blue, yellow, and red. The drawing depicts a figure in a patterned garment and an aggressive dog, separated by a fiery portal, evoking a sense of tension and duality. Ababri's work employs a style reminiscent of Persian miniatures, blending visibility and concealment with introspective nuances. Created in the intimacy of his bed, the piece reflects the artist's exploration of societal ambivalence, drawing from personal and collective experiences within a visually compelling narrative framework. ...
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. ...
