Lo estamos viendo todo
In Lo estamos viendo todo, Elmúdesi constructs a scene of power that operates both outwardly and inwardly: two figures rise above the viewer, cold and impersonal in their presence, yet carrying gestures with a double edge. From the low viewpoint, that gaze which makes the viewer feel small, the work establishes an immediate tension between dominance and reward.
The bouquet held by the figure functions as an ambivalent symbol: offering and prize, caress and instrument of control. It reveals a familiar logic of authority: parents, institutions, social norms, or the inner voice itself, capable of both silencing and granting recognition. Above everything, eyes in the sky introduce a form of surveillance that is not only external; they materialize the collective gaze and self-examination, the force that observes and judges in return.
The palette and texture work in counterpoint: the latent violence is softened by color, but that softness does not dissolve the pressure. Elmúdesi does not present a single victim or a single perpetrator; instead, she draws a relational structure in which intimacy becomes public and the personal becomes political. The work invites the viewer to hold their own gaze in the face of those who look at us — or to recognize that, many times, we are the ones applying the scrutiny ourselves.