Shouting Won'tChange Anything...
Abraham Aronovitch, 2021. Acrylic, graphite pencil, cross-linked polyethylene tubing, LED, 122 × 122 cm, Behind the Obvious series.
When the image screams where the body remains silent: the mirror becomes a field of psychic projection where the rupture between lived experience and representation materialises.
Reading note
In this work from the Behind the Obvious series, Abraham Aronovitch mobilises the mirror as a device of psychological revelation. The scream—entirely absent from the physical body yet violently present in its specular double—materialises the disconnection between the subject and its image. The scene underscores the gap between inner feeling and what is able to be expressed outwardly.
The blue silhouettes, characteristic of the artist’s practice, function here as anonymous archetypes carrying a universal emotional charge. Through this frozen face-to-face, the work questions the limits of language and the difficulty of inscribing affect within the social space. The integration of technical elements (LED, polyethylene) reinforces this silent tension, revealing a human condition inhabited by unfinished impulses that only the reflection seems capable of bearing.
The whole room: The Escape
Room 2 · The Escape, The Mental Window : 6 paintings, in hanging order.
