Sahej Rahal’s absurd monsters seem to have escaped from a labyrinth. Descendants of the Minotaur, these part human, part animal hybrids are impossible and fantastic: they are militant and ludicrous at the same time. These larger-than-life figures that have crawled from the cracked bed of the underworld fill the entire surface of the canvas. Rahal uses mostly two colours – variations of saffron and black in this series of paintings – which give the effect of the beasts emerging from the landscape or as being embodiments or mascots of the landscape. Confronted with their bizarre bodies and totems, with whirlpools and moons in their glares, you forget that landscapes were once idealized as part of the celestial feminine! 

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