Lot 164: Reza Lavasani (Iranian, b. 1962)

Reza Lavasani (Iranian, b. 1962)
Untitled
signed and dated in Farsi (lower left)
oil and metallic paint on canvas
47¼ x 84in. (120 x 213.3cm.)
Executed in 2008

PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED UAE COLLECTION

Working in a meticulous technique, using metallic colours and with an emphasis on abstract pattern akin to manuscript illumination,but portraying turbulent subjects such as waves or fire, Reza Lavassani's work is characterized by a tension between the ordered and chaotic. His use of certain motifs from the canon of Persian minature painting (the almost Far-Eastern cloud scrolls in the background for example) give this a timeless and particularly Iranian context, here juxtaposed with the furturistic form of the horse.