Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar
LUX is supporting the current private sale at Sotheby’s Monaco by Iranian-French artist Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar. His latest collection of works, Journey Within, involves inspirations from his travels and previous lives, using his painstaking technique of layers of paint on canvas revealing hints of mystical images and concepts. Quite mesmerising
Sassan and the Sotheby’s team at his exhibition in Monaco
Journey Within exhibition
Journey Within Exhibition Party on Thursday 15th September
This body of work focuses on Sassan’s aim is to take the audience on a ‘journey’ of self-exploration, for humans to understand their capabilities. The paintings presented are born from Behnam-Bakhtiar’s renowned signature style of ‘Peinture Raclée’. His unique canvases are also known to have a romantic Monet-like quality, also reminding the viewer of Persian mosaic craftsmanship, and at the same time, look like pixelated glitches on a monitor, thereby reflecting the artist’s cultural identity and influences of European art history in a contemporary context.
Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar and Ali Jassim with Madame Lalanne
Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar and Ali Jassim on the cover of LUX magazine’s Autumn Winter 2022/23 issue
The solo exhibition will be on view at Sotheby’s Monaco from September 6th to the 26th, 2022, with a contemporary art charity auction on September 16th 2022, hosted by Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar and Ali Jassim, auctioneered by Pierre Mothes, Vice President Sotheby’s France, in aid of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. A unique painting will be created live by Behnam-Bakhtiar in dialogue with the sounds and lyrics of award-winning British musician Tinie Tempah.
Samandar Setareh, Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar and Darius Sanai
Read more: Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar: The Journey
Sassan’s works emerged out of his effort “to paint the energy network that surrounds us”
Samandar Setareh and an art collector
Find out more: sothebys.com/journeywithin/sassanbehnambakhtiar
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