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ABOUDIA (Abdoulaye Diarrassouba dit)
Untitled - 2019
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ABOUDIA (Abdoulaye Diarrassouba dit)
Untitled - 2019
Acrylic…
See original version (French)
Estimate €30,000 - €50,000
Voluntary lot
Description
ABOUDIA (Abdoulaye Diarrassouba dit)
Untitled - 2019
Acrylic and oil pastels on canvas
Signed lower right "ABOUDIA
148.5 x 149.5 cm
Acrylic and oil pastels on canvas; signed lower right "ABOUDIA"
58.26 x 58.66 in.
Provenance: Acquired directly from the artist
Private collection, Ivory Coast
Acquired from the latter by the current owner
FR
Born in Abidjan in 1983, Aboudia works in Brooklyn. A young artist widely acclaimed by the market, his work has already been exhibited at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Nevada Museum, the Roval Academy Summer Show 2017 and the Saatchi Gallery, among others. Highly inspired by Abidjan, the city where he grew up, and in particular the working-class districts of Abobo, Yopougon and Treichville where young people's graffiti covers the walls, his early work is highly personal and tinged with protest.
Witness to a contemporary Africa in turmoil, his works are strongly layered and brutally energetic, combining spontaneity with the representation of a world that is darker than it seems.
Since the Ivorian civil war in 2011, his urban landscapes have been haunted by trauma. Armed soldiers, sinister skulls and a population surrounded by danger follow one another.
More recently, his work has focused on the difficulties of daily life and the social inequalities of Abidjan, a claustrophobic and sometimes oppressive city. Aboudia nevertheless manages to strike a subtle balance between pathos and aggression. Aboudia includes Ivorian cultural heritage in his work. He refers as much to the inhabitants of his neighbourhood as to traditional vohou-vohou forms and contemporary Nouchi iconography.
Nouchi is a mixture of French and several other Ivorian languages that emerged in the early 1970s. Initially spoken by people in the vicinity of markets, railway stations and cinemas, it is now spoken by all social categories. From being the language of the poorest classes, Nouchi has become the language of popular comedy and Ivorian music.
Mysterious and full of detail, Aboudia's works often need to be looked at several times before their full meaning can be deciphered. The artist's revolt in his everyday urban environment echoes artists in the great American tradition, such as Twombly and Dubuffet.
The unrestrained use of violent figuration is a reminder of the power of paint to show the chaos of life.
AT
Born in 1983 in Abidjan, Aboudia works in Brooklyn. A young artist widely acclaimed by the market, his work has already been exhibited at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Nevada Museum, the Royal Academy Summer Show 2017 and the Saatchi Gallery, among other places. Very inspired by Abidjan, the city where he grew up, in particular the working-class neighbourhoods of Abobo, Yopougon and Treichville where young people's graffiti covers the walls, his first works are deeply personal and tinged with protest.
Witnessing a contemporary Africa in turmoil, his works are highly layered and brutally energetic, combining spontaneity with the representation of a world that is darker than it seems. Since the Ivorian civil war of 2011, his urban landscapes have been haunted by trauma.
They show successions of armed soldiers, sinister skulls and a population surrounded by danger.
More recently, his work continues to address the difficulties of daily life and the social inequalities of Abidjan, a claustrophobic and sometimes oppressive city. Aboudia nevertheless manages to strike a subtle balance between pathos and aggression. Aboudia includes Ivorian cultural heritage in his work. For example, he equally refers to characters from his neighbourhood to traditional Vohou-Vohou forms and also to contemporary Nouchi iconography. Nouchi is a mixture of French and several Ivory Coast languages that emerged in the early 1970s. Initially spoken by people around markets, railway stations and cinemas, it is now common to all social categories.
Thus, from being the language of the poorest classes, Nouchi has become the language of popular comedy and Ivorian music.
Mysterious and full of detail, Aboudia's works need to be viewed several times before their full meaning can be deciphered.
The artist's revolt in his daily urban environment echoes artists of the great American tradition such as Twombly or Dubuffet. For instance, the unrestrained use of violent figuration is a reminder of the power of painting to show the chaos of life.
ABOUDIA (Abdoulaye Diarrassouba dit)
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