Lot 75: Farsad Laabauf (Iranian, b. 1965)

Farsad Laabauf (Iranian, b. 1965)
Joseph Contemplated
signed and dated 'LaBAAUF 2007' and signed and dated in Farsi (on the reverse)
oil on canvas
55 1/3 x 43½in. (142 x 112cm.)
Painted in 2007

This lot offered for sale is subject to a 5% import duty on the importation value levied at the time of collection/shipment within the UAE.
Laabauf creates images that exist halfway between completion and dissolution. He conveys the idea of unity regardless of content. Even though at first glance the subjects in his work seem isolated from their surroundings, upon closer inspection it is revealed that all areas of each painting are connected together by the underlying solid colour of the background. The segmentation of both colour and content is at once rejected by this shared geography.
Inspired in part by Persian calligraphy and also by weaving patterns of carpets, and geometric tile work, these paintings are thus connected to his cultural heritage.