According to philosopher and poet Hassan Wahbi, Youssef Wahboun's works are characterized by "sacrificial painting." His canvases are a constant exploration of the human condition, depicting the tragic and grotesque spectacle that reduces the human daily life. His painting is initially striking due to the texture it imparts to bodies and space—a very rough corporeality achieved through a paste mixed with crushed sand and scraps of fabric, which, strewn over the flesh, create the illusion of buboes, crevices, and cracks. This means that the plastic surface becomes difficult to handle, and the painting itself becomes laborious and impractical. In fact, this texture of discomfort is essential for creating the pursued characters that populate the artist's compositions—allegorical men and women who, with equal parts absurdity and austerity, represent the forms of humiliation suffered by contemporary humanity, irrevocably ensnared in the trap of globalization that dulls the mind while inflaming hatred.