Freedom is the ability to move through time, to enter different head spaces, different art histories, different cultures, to dissolve boundaries. There is no blueprint – the painting goes where it wants. — Ali Banisadr
Watch the artist discuss his new paintings and the exhibition
Return to Mother is the largest single-panel painting ever realised by Banisadr. Its title is a literal translation of the Sumerian word 𒂼𒄄, pronounced ‘ama-gi’, which is thought to be the earliest written reference to the concept of freedom. ‘Freedom is the thing I am after when I am painting,’ explains the artist, ‘there is no master plan, there are no borders. I don’t have to answer to anyone.’
Return to Mother (detail), 2022
Oil on linen
208.3 x 457.2 cm (82 x 180 in)
Unusually for Banisadr, the composition unfolds around a central, circular motif, which the artist describes as the ‘wheel of life’, being activated by a serpentine creature he calls the ‘spinner of stories’. Around it, allegories and elemental symbols are mingled with references to Egyptian and Mesopotamian artefacts and modern technology.
1. Return to Mother (detail), 2022
Oil on linen
208.3 x 457.2 cm (82 x 180 in)
208.3 x 457.2 cm (82 x 180 in)
Pastel on paper
38.1 x 27.9 cm (15 x 11 in)
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Hybrid creatures reminiscent of Hieronymus Bosch’s famous bestiaries can be found throughout Banisadr’s paintings. Here, what the artist describes as a philosopher-ape is holding a compass. The drawings are the first of their kind for Banisadr. Rather than preparatory sketches, they were made in pastel after the original paintings, highlighting and solidifying the characters that emerged from his canvases.
1. Return to Mother (detail), 2022
Oil on linen
208.3 x 457.2 cm (82 x 180 in)
208.3 x 457.2 cm (82 x 180 in)
Pastel on paper
38.1 x 27.9 cm (15 x 11 in)
The one-eyed figure crowned with burning candles might variously be identified as Mithra, St Lucia, Lady Liberty, a seer or a sleepwalker. Her dress is covered with ouroboros – the serpent biting its own tail – an ancient alchemical symbol for eternity, often accompanied by the maxim: ‘one is all, and by it all, and for it all, and if it does not contain all, then all is nothing.'
1. Return to Mother (detail), 2022
Oil on linen
208.3 x 457.2 cm (82 x 180 in)
208.3 x 457.2 cm (82 x 180 in)
2. The Seer, 2022
Pastel on paper
38.1 x 27.9 cm (15 x 11 in)
38.1 x 27.9 cm (15 x 11 in)
In The Great Replacement (2022), Banisadr references and challenging the racist conspiracy theory that continues to fuel anxieties among Western societies since its formulation in 2011. Weaving together the past and present, he invites us to look back through history and question our assumptions to see the present and the future in a new light.
The Great Replacement, 2022
Oil on linen
121.9 x 152.5 x 6 cm (47.99 x 60.04 x 2.36 in)
A naked man, painted in shades of yellow that contrast with the surrounding crowd, seems to be being pushed out of the frame, while above him, a rider bears down on the scene, armed with a shadowy cross. ‘Who is replacing whom?’ asks Banisadr in this painting, ‘what does history say about Napoleon, the Inquisition, wars waged on the back of religion?’
The Great Replacement, 2022 (detail)
Oil on linen
121.9 x 152.5 x 6 cm (47.99 x 60.04 x 2.36 in)
Banisadr pays homage to medieval poet Dante Alighieri in this painting. Dante referred to his writings as ‘beautiful lies’, describing how truth unfolds out of allegory in his poems. ‘I believe that epic poems hold the essence of all the stories we have been telling ourselves,’ explains Banisadr, ‘which is very important in my own work.’
Beautiful Lies (detail), 2022
Oil on linen
167.6 x 223.5 cm (65.98 x 87.99 in)
The title of this large canvas references novelist Franz Kafka’s mantra that we should read books that ‘affect us like a disaster, that grieve us deeply, like the death of someone we loved more than ourselves.’ Banisadr sees painting in a similar light, wanting his own works to provoke viewers into thinking differently. ‘The ice melts and we find the thing that has been frozen for ages,’ he says. ‘This new discovery changes history and the ever-changing past continues forward.’
Axe to the frozen sea within us, 2021
Oil on linen
208.3 x 304.8 x 6 cm (82.01 x 120 x 2.36 in)
Axe to the frozen sea within us, 2021
Oil on linen
208.3 x 304.8 x 6 cm (82.01 x 120 x 2.36 in)
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This painting is named after the ancient pyramids found in the archeological site of Teotihuacan, Mexico. Built in 200 A.D. and 250 A.D. respectively, the Pyramid of the Sun and the Moon were erected above a much older complex of caves, which is said to have been the ‘womb’, or the birthplace of humanity, in the Central Mexican tradition.
Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, 2022
Oil on linen
208.3 x 305.4 x 6 cm (6 ft 10.01 in x 10 ft 24 in x 2.36 in)
Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, 2022
Oil on linen
208.3 x 305.4 x 6 cm (6 ft 10.01 in x 10 ft 24 in x 2.36 in)
Among the swirling figures, a painter can be made out, inscribing, as Banisadr describes it, ‘the name of the creator on a stone’. He is accompanied by a shaman, who acts as his guide through the other-wordly scene, just as Virgil did for Dante in the Divine Comedy. Elsewhere, a corpse can be seen turning into vegetation: ‘is this the underworld?’ asks the artist.
Pyramids of the Sun and the Moon, 2022 (Detail)
Oil on linen
208.3 x 305.4 x 6 cm (6 ft 10.01 in x 10 ft 24 in x 2.36 in)
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This small painting highlights one of the enigmatic characters that populate Banisadr’s large-scale compositions. The figure of the Mother contains a multitude of references and allusions, ranging from the personal to the ancient Queen of the Night relief found in the collections of Babylonian art in London’s British Museum.
Mother, 2022
Oil on linen
25.4 x 20.3 x 4 cm (10 x 8 x 1.56 in)
Mother, 2022
Oil on linen
25.4 x 20.3 x 4 cm (10 x 8 x 1.56 in)
