Hernan Bas

Hernan Bas’s paintings explore the codes of dandyism and its subculture as a means to define sexual attraction. Bas’s paintings are small, frail and sensuously delightful; through their unassuming intimacy, they personify epic romance. Influence by historical painting, Hernan Bas’s images contemporaneity, their staginess and immediate familiarity suggest the melodramatic narratives of classic film. In Posing with Antlers, Hernan Bas paints a waif-like boy, flirtatiously hamming it up for snap shot laughs. Placing the viewer in the position of an unseen photographer, Bas sets a scene of predatory seduction.