Famille Seule 2018

Aboudia's "Famille Seule" is a whirlwind of acrylic and crayon on canvas that feels like a raw, direct transmission. It is as if the artist just grabbed whatever was at hand and went for it. Imagine Aboudia, standing before this canvas, maybe with music blasting, lost in the act. The figures emerge, these ghostly apparitions rendered in browns, reds, and blues, with thick outlines defining each form. Look at the eyes, those wide, spiraling orbs that stare out, maybe they're a bit haunted. They pull you into their world, a space of uncertainty and emotion. I wonder if Aboudia, in making this, was thinking about the vulnerability of family, the weight of it all. There's a primal quality to the work, like cave paintings, mixed with the urgency of street art. It reminds me of Basquiat, the way he channeled so much into his marks, a conversation across time and place, each artist building on the last, grappling with the same questions, finding new ways to ask them.