Blue figures facing the bathroom mirror, between dream and existence: figurative painting, oneiro-existential.

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Abraham Aronovitch

Abraham Aronovitch Painter, Paris

Blue figures facing the bathroom mirror, between dream and existence: figurative painting, oneiro-existential.

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Studio in the Marais, near the Centre Pompidou

Abraham Aronovitch in his studio, seated beside his canvas The Cherry Blossom Alley.
In the studio, with The Cherry Blossom Alley

A bathroom mirror.

In it, a blue figure looks at itself.

The reflection does not coincide.

It opens onto another scene:

memory, desire, landscape.

The Cherry Blossom Alley, 2023. Two blue figures frame a mirror that opens onto an alley of cherry trees in blossom.
The Cherry Blossom Alley, 2023, 97 × 130 cm
Summer Day’s Dream, At Night, 2025. A blue figure seen from behind in shadow, facing a mirror that opens onto a summer picnic.
Summer Day’s Dream, At Night, 2025, 97 × 130 cm

Behind the Obvious (in French, “Derrière l’évidence”) is the artist’s major series. In it, the mirror becomes the device of the whole painting: a rectangle within the canvas, a second image within the image. Enter the four rooms

I do not paint a figure in front of a mirror, but rather the moment when the gaze leaves the visible world to enter a mental space.

Abraham Aronovitch

Four rooms

The Behind the Obvious cycle, 31 canvases from 2021 to 2026, hung as an exhibition.

  1. Room 1 The Mirror, The Split
  2. Room 2 The Escape, The Mental Window
  3. Room 3 The Presence, The Rampart Identity
  4. Room 4 The Threshold, The Tipping Point

31 canvases, 2021–2026

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Room 1 · The Mirror — The Split 9 canvases

  1. Room 1

    The Mirror

    The Split

    Subjective dissociation: from faithful reflection to the saturation of being.

    9 canvases

  2. Know Yourself, 2023. A blue woman, seen from behind, facing the mirror: a faceless reflection, then a cyan double with lifted hair.Know Yourself2023Acrylic on canvas97 × 130 cm
  3. Still Too Many, 2024. A blue figure in profile facing a large grey disc marked with a single blue dot, above a washbasin.Still Too Many2024Acrylic, graphite pencil130 × 97 cm
  4. Still Confused, 2025. A blue figure before a mirror saturated with intertwined coloured shapes.Still Confused2025Acrylic on canvas130 × 97 cm
  5. Homage to Picasso, 2022. A nude blue figure before a cracked mirror in which another figure breaks into fragments.Homage to Picasso2022Acrylic, graphite pencil116 × 89 cm
  6. What Will Happen Next ?, 2025. A blue figure facing a mirror overrun by flames and coloured strokes.What Will Happen Next ?2025Acrylic on canvas130 × 97 cm
  7. Reflections in A Mirror, 2021. Two blue figures leaning over two washbasins, their pale reflections in the mirror.Reflections in A Mirror2021Acrylic, graphite pencil, cross-linked polyethylene tubing, LED114 × 146 cm
  8. Losing Yourself, 2022. A blue woman leaning over a washbasin, her reflection coming apart in the mirror.Losing Yourself2022Acrylic, graphite pencil, cross-linked polyethylene tubing, LED97 × 146 cm
  9. Confinement, Homage to Nicolas de Staël, 2024. A blue figure facing a mirror covered with a mosaic of coloured shapes.Confinement, Homage to Nicolas de Staël2024Acrylic, oil and graphite pencil130 × 97 cm
  10. Alternating Vision, 2026. A blue face behind an optician’s refractor that fills the entire mirror.Alternating Vision2026Acrylic on canvas130 × 97 cm

  11. Room 2

    The Escape

    The Mental Window

    The inner landscape: a cartography of dreamscapes and perception.

    6 canvases

  12. Escape, 2023. A blue figure facing a mirror that opens onto a swimming pool and hills where another figure stands.Escape2023Acrylic on canvas97 × 130 cm
  13. The Cherry Blossom Alley, 2023. Two blue figures frame a mirror that opens onto an alley of cherry trees in blossom.The Cherry Blossom Alley2023Acrylic on canvas97 × 130 cm
  14. Summer Day’s Dream, At Night, 2025. A blue figure seen from behind in the shadows, facing a mirror that opens onto a summer picnic.Summer Day’s Dream, At Night2025Acrylic on canvas97 × 130 cm
  15. In My Eye, Homage to Magritte, 2024. A blue figure facing a mirror that has become an immense eye whose iris is a brick wall.In My Eye, Homage to Magritte2024Acrylic on canvas97 × 130 cm
  16. Marry Me, 2023. A blue man in a bathrobe points to the words “MARRY ME” written on the mirror.Marry Me2023Acrylic on canvas97 × 130 cm
  17. Shouting Won't Change Anything..., 2021. Three blue figures around a washbasin, one of them shouting into the mirror.Shouting Won't Change Anything...2021Acrylic, graphite pencil, cross-linked polyethylene tubing, LED122 × 122 cm

  18. Room 3

    The Presence

    The Rampart Identity

    The chromatic anatomy of being: the figure as sovereign solitude.

    8 canvases

  19. No Compromise For Yourself, 2025. A blue figure facing its bare-chested reflection, hand raised, against a dark red background.No Compromise For Yourself2025Acrylic on canvas130 × 97 cm
  20. Closer Than This, 2023. Two blue figures very close together, almost merging into each other, in deep blues.Closer Than This2023Acrylic on canvas100 × 81 cm
  21. Gazes, 2023. A blue figure seen from behind, facing a mirror in which several faces look back at it.Gazes2023Acrylic, graphite pencil90 × 150 cm
  22. Ballet in 3 Acts, 2023. A blue figure facing a mirror that opens onto dancers floating in midnight-blue water.Ballet in 3 Acts2023Acrylic, graphite pencil, cross-linked polyethylene tubing, LED114 × 162 cm
  23. Life, 2024. A blue figure facing a mirror filled with a large, brightly coloured group portrait.Life2024Acrylic on canvas97 × 130 cm
  24. Them and Me, 2026. A blue figure facing a mirror in which pale silhouettes appear.Them and Me2026Acrylic on canvas97 × 130 cm
  25. Carried by the Crowd, 2022. A blue silhouette in front of a mirror filled with a crowd of blue faces.Carried by the Crowd2022Acrylic on canvas100 × 100 cm
  26. Just Justice, 2026. A blue figure facing a mirror in which a judge in a wig and a blindfolded Justice are seated, beneath a clock.Just Justice2026Acrylic on canvas130 × 97 cm

  27. Room 4

    The Threshold

    The Tipping Point

    The space of the in-between: the figure as a state of suspension.

    8 canvases

  28. Critical Zone, 2024. A blue figure, hand on head, facing a green mirror in which a silhouette floats in a beam of light.Critical Zone2024Acrylic, graphite pencil130 × 97 cm
  29. Feel The Change, 2021. Three blue children facing a large white mirror above a washbasin.Feel The Change2021Acrylic, graphite pencil, cross-linked polyethylene tubing, LED89 × 116 cm
  30. The Admonisher, 2024. A blue figure facing a mirror that opens onto the sea, a sailing boat and a swimmer.The Admonisher2024Acrylic on canvas97 × 130 cm
  31. Never Knows, 2022. Two almost identical blue figures face to face, like a reflection that does not coincide.Never Knows2022Acrylic, graphite pencil130 × 89 cm
  32. Need Rest, 2024. A blue figure facing a mirror that opens onto a forest where a person in an orange jacket lies on the ground.Need Rest2024Acrylic, graphite pencil130 × 97 cm
  33. Only In My Mind, 2024. A blue woman and a blue man in a mirror of flat orange and pink areas.Only In My Mind2024Acrylic on canvas97 × 130 cm
  34. Save The Leaders, 2024. A blue figure facing a mirror showing a cracked room where leaders sit among beams.Save The Leaders2024Acrylic, graphite pencil130 × 97 cm
  35. The Myth of Faust in the Post-Digital Age, 2022. Two blue figures, one wearing a virtual reality headset, in front of a mirror that opens onto planets.The Myth of Faust in the Post-Digital Age2022Acrylic, cross-linked polyethylene tubing, LED89 × 130 cm
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A studio
in the Marais

Abraham Aronovitch leaning on a large canvas from the series, in front of a window opening onto the rooftops of Paris.

The Artist

Abraham Aronovitch is a painter and visual artist based in Paris. His oneiro-existential figurative painting turns the bathroom mirror into a face-to-face encounter: there, the figure is exposed before adopting the social mask.

Flat colour and blue

Acrylic in flat fields reduces painting to its essentials. Chromatic Blue, his signature, makes each figure an archetype rather than a portrait. His reference points: Marlene Dumas, Alex Katz, Matisse. His homages: Picasso, Magritte, Nicolas de Staël. The artist’s approach

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He has exhibited and published with:

  • Salon d’Automne 2026
  • Salon d’Automne 2025
  • Salon d’Automne 2024
  • Regards critiques
  • Yes / No at 24Beaubourg
  • Quintet and Transparence at Galerie La Ralentie
  • Projet 102
  • Moon Art Fair in Hamburg
  • Quai Gallery in London
  • MAC Paris 2013
  • Artsper
  • Singulart
  • the French Friends of the Israel Museum
  • Grands Peintres & Sculpteurs

Forthcoming

2026: “Behind the Obvious”, solo exhibition, Paris.

Represented by Artsper since January 2026. Salon d’Automne, official selection, in 2024, 2025 and 2026.

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