Noutchy dans la rue 2020

Aboudia made this painting, Noutchy dans la rue, probably with acrylics and found materials, layering images and marks in a way that feels really raw and immediate. It’s got this incredible surface, thick with paint but also embedded with scraps of paper and maybe even fabric. Up close, you can see how he’s scratched into the paint, revealing layers underneath, like excavating a hidden history. There’s a real physicality to it, a sense of the artist wrestling with the materials. Look at the way he’s drawn those cartoonish faces with thick outlines, almost like graffiti. They’re playful but also kind of haunting, like echoes of childhood memories. This approach reminds me of Basquiat, especially in the way he combines text and image, blurring the line between high and low culture. Both artists use art-making as a process of exploring identity, memory, and the chaotic energy of urban life, reminding us that art is a conversation, an ongoing exchange of ideas across time.