Yes I Am by Soufiane Ababri
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Softcover with dust jacket, 240 x 320 mm
244 pages
, 118 images
English
Essay by Elisabeth Lebovici
Edition of 500
This publication brings together for the first time a selection of drawings from the Yes I am series begun in 2020 by Soufiane Ababri. Through this gallery of portraits, Ababri weaves a queer community in which he recognizes himself, and which testifies as much to the kinship as to the singularity of each of its members. Some are close friends of the artist, others personalities from the worlds of art, literature, cinema and fashion... James Baldwin, Andy Warhol, Guillaume Dustan, Tom Ford, Jimmy Sommerville, Tarek Lakhrissi, John Waters and many other figures for whom Ababri declares not only his admiration but also his queer closeness. In her essay, art historian and activist Elisabeth Lebovici explores the semantic, historical and political resonances of the bed that serves as Ababri's studio, and describes his work as “bedworks”.
About Soufiane Ababri
Soufiane Ababri (born 1985, Rabat) is a Moroccan artist who lives and works between Paris and Tangier. Known for his coloured-pencil drawings, which he calls bedworks because they are made from his bed, he explores queer identity and Western gay subculture from the perspective of a gay Arab artist. Yes I Am (Triangle Books) gathers his portraits of friends and figures he counts in his queer lineage, from James Baldwin to Andy Warhol.
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