The artist Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar, holding a paint-scraping tool, which he uses for his special peinture raclée technique
A new body of work by the French-Iranian artist generates energy on canvas
In his studio in Cap Ferrat, in the South of France, Sassan Behnam-Bakhtiar creates his paintings using a technique called peinture raclée ? a process he says he deploys to metaphorically strip down the superfluous elements of our lives, revealing the energetic source.
Sassan Behnam-Bakhtair photoshoot in his studio in Cap Ferrat
The collection, titled ?Manifest?, is a hybrid collection of physical and digital artworks, comprising 50 physical paintings and 50 NFTs. He is an artist on the up, with two of his works recently selling for record prices at auction in London. Follow LUX on Instagram: luxthemagazine
A child of revolution, Behnam-Bakhtiar has had a colourful, sometimes troubled, life. Now the colours he creates are those of the mountains and the sea near his home, in a part of France that inspired artists from Cézanne to Dufy.
IN THE ARTIST’S OWN WORDS:
Sparks of Life
Sparks of Life
It always starts with a spark! You feel the energy from within trying to break through the conditioned layers of your humanity, built up while living in our modern societies. Through these cracks you then start to shed the necessary layers to arrive at your soul frequency. Once a person can truly feel that, and tune into that frequency, anything is possible.
Nothing but Energy
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