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Hernan Bas — Two Works: (i) Your Private Friend  (ii) Brandon, 16, Satanist, UK
Hernan Bas

Two Works: (i) Your Private Friend (ii) Brandon, 16, Satanist, UK

2002

Hernan Bas renders these two intimate portraits in water-based oil on vellum, a translucent surface that lends the works a ghostly, ephemeral quality befitting their enigmatic subjects. The medium's delicate luminosity amplifies Bas's ongoing fascination with adolescent subcultures, outsider identity, and the murky thresholds between innocence and transgression. Together, the works evoke a quietly unsettling atmosphere, where youth and the occult intersect in a space that feels both confessional and voyeuristic.

Medium
water-based oil on vellum

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Hernan Bas, Two Works: (i) Your Private Friend (ii) Brandon, 16, Satanist, UK, 2002

Hernan Bas renders these two intimate portraits in water-based oil on vellum, a translucent surface that lends the works a ghostly, ephemeral quality befitting their enigmatic subjects. The medium's delicate luminosity amplifies Bas's ongoing fascination with adolescent subcultures, outsider identity, and the murky thresholds between innocence and transgression. Together, the works evoke a quietly unsettling atmosphere, where youth and the occult intersect in a space that feels both confessional and voyeuristic.

Medium
water-based oil on vellum
Year
2002
Seen at
Phillips, New York, London, Hong Kong

Related themes

Dark Mood, Figurative Painting, Moody Atmosphere, Subculture Theme, Adolescent Subject, Youth Culture, Neo-Gothic, Male Artist, Narrative Art, Oil On Vellum, Gothic Atmosphere, Contemporary Artist, Moody Palette, Diptych, American Artist, Dark Romanticism, Subcultural Themes, Early 21st Century, Outsider Themes, Adolescent Subjects

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