Sepand Danesh
Born in 1984 in Tehran, IR
Lives and works in Paris, FR
2010 MFA École Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris,
Sepand Danesh focuses his research on a world of silence that remains open to multiple interpretations. Each of his works illustrates the existence of solitude, one whose roots lie in Danesh’s past: fleeing Iran and the many years of war, the artist’s family came to France where he discovered a new culture and learnt its language in books. The main subject of his canvases is the corner, traditionally a place where children are sent as a punishment, but here also somewhere you can turn your gaze inwards and reflect, whether you are there by choice or not. Carefully chosen iconographic elements complement the vertical constructions, opening the door to various interpretations that always evoke the traumatic past of a childhood cut short.
