Losing Yourself

Reading note

With Losing Yourself, Abraham Aronovitch continues his exploration of contemporary identity through the direct confrontation between the body and its image, within the Behind the Obvious series. The work is rooted in an inquiry into the fragility of self-perception, at the intersection of radical intimacy and self-exposure. Here, the figure appears to dissolve into the reflective surface, as if absorbed by the very image it attempts to stabilise.

Within this dispositif, the mirror offers no confirmation, but an unstable doubling. The blue silhouette—placed under tension through the use of technical elements (LED and polyethylene)—suggests a desynchronisation between physical presence and mental perception. The painting allows a silent tension to surface between the loss of familiar reference points and a persistent need for recognition. Losing Yourself captures the moment when seeing oneself is no longer enough to find oneself, revealing the void that inhabits every face-to-face encounter with the self.