"Color is a power which directly influences the soul"
- Prosper Aluu
"My practice centers around a technique I developed called Abfillage, which is a fusion of "abstract", "figuration", and "collage". Through this visual language, I explore the complex relationships between memory, culture, and lived experience.
My work often begins with the collection of newspapers, printed images, and visual fragments from my everyday environment. These materials carry traces of current events, forgotten narratives, and stories that shape our societies. By integrating them into my compositions, I transform these ephemeral documents into living surfaces where past and present meet.
The layering of paint, text, and image becomes a metaphor for the construction of identity. Like these visual fragments, our personal and collective histories overlap, sometimes contradicting each other, but all contributing to the formation of our memory.
Human figures occupy a central place in my work. They emerge from these archival surfaces as silent witnesses to the stories that run through them. The reclining bodies, stylized Afro hairstyles, and golden crowns I paint on their heads seek to affirm the dignity and nobility of ordinary individuals.
Through Abfillage, I seek not only to represent images, but to create spaces for reflection. My work invites viewers to question the narratives that make up our collective memory and to reflect on how the past and present continue to influence our understanding of the world."