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Sanam Khatibi
\nDeadly Nightshade<\/em>, 2020
\nOil on canvas, 120 x 230 cm
\nFrom the collection of the Centraal Museum, Utrecht<\/p>\n

Sanam Khatibi draws iconographic motifs from Persian tradition, manuscripts of the Western Middle Ages, the Flemish renaissance and global art culture in general, and combines them with painted features that reconstruct, in colour and design, the digital landscapes of video games. She thus creates strange, time-less worlds, without perspective or realistic depiction of the space, which welcome subjects inspired by BDSM culture and true crime documentaries. In her works, the power distribution between genders is always fluid and the boundaries between pain and pleasure, fear and desire are often indistinct. In Deadly Nightshade<\/em>, the narrative of submission and pleasure defined by the two female figures is complemented and completed by the wordplay of the title, since the term \u201cnightshade\u201d may refer to either a landscape at night, or the toxic belladonna plant.<\/p>\n

Sanam Khatibi\u2019s work consists of paintings, embroideries, tapestries, and sculptures and is revolving around the notions of chaos, destruction, excess, loss of control, bestiality, domination and submission. Her female subjects hunt, tame, or seduce the wild beasts, rather than being ravaged by them. They are the predators, the dominant figures, who are quite impulsive and playful often depicted within the same plane as the flora and fauna.<\/p>\n

Biography<\/p>\n

Sanam Khatibi was born in Teheran and lives and works in Brussels. She is a self taught artists. Her work has been shown at among others: \u201cAbrasive Paradise\u201d, Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort, The Netherlands, \u201cThe Natural World\u201d, Alexander Berggruen, New York, USA, 2022; \u201cOne Way or Another\u201d, S.M.A.K, Gent, Brussels, \u201cParadise\u201d , Biennial of Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium, \u201cBeyond the Looking Glass\u201d, UTA Artist Space, Los Angeles, USA, 2021; \u201cThe Shameful Kiss\u201d, Kunstverein Dresden, Dresden, Germany,\u201dTears of Eros\u201d, Centraal Museum, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2020; \u201cThe Seventh Continent\u201d, 16th Istanbul Biennial, Curated by Nicolas Bourriaud, Istanbul, Turkey, 2019; \u201cQuel amour!?\u201d, MAC, Mus\u00e9e d\u2019Art Contemporain, Marseille, France. She has presented solo shows in Belgium, USA and Brazil.<\/p>\n

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