Youssef Boubekeur seeks to reveal, with the precision of his monochrome line of universal blue pen, the parts of interior shadow and light, by thwarting the decompartmentalizations Man / animal to trace behavioral analogies and remind us that the path of savagery to civilization is not always linear. His work questions the human condition with regard to animal otherness. Domesticating the animal in us, remaking the bond of belonging, an imperative addressed to humanity, at a time of hypermodernity which promotes the reign of the drive and encourages predation.
The questions that Youssef Boubekeur explores through his series of drawings thwarting human / animal decompartmentalization to trace behavioral analogies and remind us that the path from savagery to civilization is not always linear find a singular resonance in this troubled period that crosses humanity. The Individual experiences, in a certain way, the pangs of captivity, and the confrontation between his animal part and his civilized part takes on an unprecedented relief.