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• Lot n° 186 Babak Emanuel (b. 1966) "Becoming" Mixed media on canvas Signed verso: Babak Emanuel; titled by repute 64" H x 57" W Provenance: The artist Other Notes: Babak Emanuel has always believed that art moves beyond the narrow confines of language and explores indescribable dimensions that are visually immediate and rationally inexplicable. In response to the conceptual demands of today's art, Emanuel has, while cognizant of art history, remained faithful to those visions and morphologies that emotionally have defined the purpose and limitations of "Being" for him as an artist. Babak begins his work with "concrete visions" and yet does not work with an end in sight. The emotional language of his vision guides him through recondite and mysterious pathways. He works on several paintings at once and allows for multiple impulses to synchronize in a cohesive expression. Emanuel makes forms for form's sake and chooses not to have his works understood or to be scrutinized by adherence to a standard. He aims for them to be seen for their own power, awaken senses, and envision new vistas. Babak also wants the viewer to take these strands and create their own personal narratives. Art is often interwoven with the viewer's desires and experiences. Just as the artist's own aesthetic preferences are determined by their feelings formed in the crucible of social, historical and cultural narratives. Yet through all of this, Emanuel is guided by the unconscious forces that often lie beyond reasoning. Fascinated by the interplay of accidents and reason, Babak Emanuel's art pits rules and order against chaos and the unexpected. Always, entropy stands face to face with coherent arrangements and their confrontations, though tragic, are meaningful. Emanuel is deeply engaged with techniques and media. They are vehicles of his emotional yearnings and explorations. Photography, print-making, painting, sculpture and digital technology all facilitate his desires and the quest for meaning and the purpose of "Being."