Born in 1984, he lives and works in Paris.<\/p>\n
The research of French-Iranian artist S\u00e9p\u00e0nd Danesh centers around a world replenished by silence and where each gesture is open to interpretation. Each work reveals the evidence of a loneliness determined by the artist\u2019s own history \u2013 his family fled Iran after many years of war \u2013 and by his encounter, as a child, with a foreign culture and language (French) that he had to learn through books.<\/p>\n
In his paintings, the corner has become the main subject: the traditional image of a zone used to punish children, made to stand facing the corner, is here a place, imposed or not, to withdraw and commune with oneself. A few, carefully chosen iconographic elements fill out these vertical spaces and hence suggest a different interpretation for each work.<\/p>\n
Since the beginning of the French phase of his childhood, Danesh has also been copying by hand works by great writers, such as Marcel Proust. The slow and thoughtful gesture this involves acknowledges the idea of a new language that must be learned in a set and strict manner.<\/p>\n
A graduate of the \u00c9cole Nationale Sup\u00e9rieure de Beaux-Arts de Paris (2010), S\u00e9p\u00e0nd Danesh\u2019s solo and group exhibitions include those held at the FRAC of PACA and Poitou-Charentes (2017), Galerie des Grands Bains Douche de La Plaine in Marseille (2016), Mus\u00e9e des Arts D\u00e9coratifs de Paris (2016), Mac\/Val (2015), and the Cit\u00e9 des Arts de Chamb\u00e9ry (2014).<\/p>\n