Hernan Bas - Contemporary Artists

Untitled

Untitled The Saatchi Gallery
 

Hernan Bas

Untitled

2001

31 x 23cm

In Untitled, Hernan Bas draws his boy scout as a saint, paralleling a moment of pubescent realisation with historical paintings of religious ecstasy. The use of black paint on vellum gives this figure a timeless quality, reminiscent of Old Masters cartoons. Here, Bas flaunts his skill as draughtsman: his watery pigment bleeds in shadowy expression, yet retains delicate precision of form. The whiteness of the paper suggests spiritual illumination thus framing Bas’s muse in angelic virtue.
 
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