Bahman Mohasses: The Existential Grotesque

The gallery describes Mohasses (d.2020) as “one of Iran’s most enigmatic modern artists … A painter, sculptor, and translator, Mohasses carved out a unique space in Iranian art, setting himself apart through his radical embrace of European modernism and a profound existential inquiry into human existence”. His characteristic disfigured bodies, grotesque figures, and tragic mythological creatures suggest existentialism, nihilism, and the destruction of modern humanity – “themes that align closely with Umberto Eco’s exploration of ugliness in art and culture”.

To 5 November.

Above: Bahman Mohasses, Untilled (1966)