Benjamin Parks

Sascha

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The Hailstone Source c. 2019 Mixed media on panel 7 x 5 inches Framed: 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Figure and Yellow c. 1964 Oil on canvas 32 x 25 inches Framed: 33 x 26 inches

Buckle Under the Flutter c. 2019 Mixed media on panel 7 x 5 inches Framed: 8.5 x 6.5 inches

Figure with Serpent c. 1990s Ink and gouache on paper 29 x 22 inches

Acrylic painting on canvas Hand-signed lower left Unique work THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS OF MOHAMMAD ARIYAEI " Gentleness and oriental wisdom follow the supercharged bubbling to w...

Acrylic painting on paper Unique work Hand-signed by the artist lower right THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS OF MOHAMMAD ARIYAEI " Gentleness and oriental wisdom follow the supercharged bubbling to which we were accustomed from the previous deliberately art brut exhibition by Mohammad ARIYAEI. The Iranian painter's imagination moves serenely from the wildest frenzy to the meditative calm of great, fabulous stories. The artist then took pleasure in pouring the volcanic torrent of his barbaric figures onto the delicate latticework with which he is accustomed to lining his backgrounds with the patience of an illuminating monk. Already sweetness and paroxysm coexisted. Now gentleness wins. The trained imagination of the painter, yet spontaneously bubbling, by instinct as much as by erudition, has no difficulty in reconnecting with the abundant oriental tradition of the thousand and one nights, which, like a long underground river, resurfaces at the light of his painting. Spring renewal of traditions still alive. Systematic filling of space, a sort of oriental version of the Riches Heures...

Acrylic painting on paper Hand-signed lower right Unique work THE THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS OF MOHAMMAD ARIYAEI " Gentleness and oriental wisdom follow the supercharged bubbling to w...

"Nude with Red Glass", acrylic on canvas, 3x20in