Aboudia: ‘It’s possible to grow up on the street and become someone’
The acclaimed Ivorian artist, who works from his studios in Abidjan and New York City, discusses the ideas behind his distinctive work and its links to the street children who find escape through graffiti
Abdoulaye Diarrassouba, the Ivorian contemporary artist known as Aboudia. ‘There aren’t many things more important than kids,’ he says in our short film above. ‘Children are the next generation, the pillars of the country, of every country around the world’
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