Emporté par la foule belongs to the Behind the Obvious series, in which Abraham Aronovitch explores the tension between belonging to a group and the preservation of individuality. The work stages a human figure embedded within an ensemble of overlapping presences, forming a shifting mass detached from any specific situation. The composition suggests a fragile balance of identity, unfolding without hierarchy or explicit narrative.

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In this work, the crowd becomes a mental construction made up of faces encountered over the course of a lifetime. Figures overlap to the point of erasure, yet a male presence remains discernible. Without asserting itself, it persists as a vestige of singularity, preventing the total dissolution of identity into the collective flow. The painting thus captures the moment when the gaze attempts to fix a unique presence at the heart of a fragmented perception of the world.