Apostles

September 2001 - 2003

Painted in the aftermath of September 11th to explore the thin boundary between the profound and the profane, the holy and the insane as inevitable companion-states of belief.
© Kourosh Bahar | [Apostles] Composite, October 2001© Kourosh Bahar | [Apostles] Red Messiah, 10/2001, oil/canvas, 20x16"© Kourosh Bahar | [Apostles] I, 10/2001, oil/canvas, 20x16"© Kourosh Bahar | [Apostles] II, 10/2001, oil/canvas, 20x16"© Kourosh Bahar | [Apostles] III, 10/2001, oil/canvas, 20x16"© Kourosh Bahar | [Apostles] IV, 10/2001, oil/canvas, 20x16"© Kourosh Bahar | [Apostles] V, 10/2001, oil/canvas, 20x16"© Kourosh Bahar | [Apostles] VI, 10/2001, oil/canvas, 20x16"© Kourosh Bahar | [Apostles] VII, 10/2001, oil/canvas, 20x16"© Kourosh Bahar | [Apostles] VIII, 10/2001, oil/canvas, 20x16"© Kourosh Bahar | [Apostles] IX, 10/2001, oil/canvas, 20x16"© Kourosh Bahar | master, 2002, oil/canvas, 12x12© Kourosh Bahar | Group-of-three, 2002-2003 [triptych]© Kourosh Bahar | #1 [Group-of-three], 2002-2003, oil/canvas, 20x16© Kourosh Bahar | #2 [Group-of-three], 2002-2003, oil/canvas, 20x16© Kourosh Bahar | #3 / mulla babak [Group-of-three], 2002-2003, oil/canvas, 20x16© Kourosh Bahar | monk, 2002, oil/canvas, 12x12© Kourosh Bahar | paper apostle, 2002, oil/paper, 10x8.25© Kourosh Bahar | apotheosis, 2001, oil/canvas, 20x16© Kourosh Bahar | rigged, 9/2001, oil/canvas, 18x24"© Kourosh Bahar | looking west, 12/2001, oil/canvas, 30x30" by 7/8" thickness© Kourosh Bahar | 3 skulls, 2002, oil/canvas, 24x24© Kourosh Bahar | imagist, 2002, oil/canvas, 24x24