About the painting
Imed Ben Tahar grew up at the edge of the Sahara, where the light turns from sand to ember within an hour. Perhaps that is why this picture recalls a slope just before sunset, although no slope is painted anywhere. The paint was laid down in layers and broken open again until it came to rest at the edges. You stand in front of it and recognise something you could not name. That is how he works: places are sensed, never depicted.
Description
A red glow breaks in from above and falls into a gorge of mauve and rose. The paint sits thick on the canvas and banks up at the edges like rock. At 50 × 70 cm the picture fits a narrow hallway or the wall beside a window, where you can stand close to it.
In the room
The painting hangs here at its real size, next to a 210 cm sofa and a person who is 175 cm tall.
