{"id":8503,"date":"2023-09-08T07:49:59","date_gmt":"2023-09-08T05:49:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitburgart.de\/bahram-hajou"},"modified":"2026-09-21T12:29:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T10:29:35","slug":"bahram-hajou","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitburgart.de\/en\/bahram-hajou","title":{"rendered":"Bahram Hajou"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_block_section\"><div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_block_row\"><div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et_pb_column_3_5 et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_block_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p><span>The visual language of the Syrian-German painter Bahram Hajou is haunting and unmistakable. Couples take centre stage in his figurative compositions. Postures, gestures and positions bear witness to the inability to speak to each other, to trust and to love. One person gives the other the cold shoulder, bows down, crushed or overwhelmed, feels guilt or shame, sinks into loneliness and melancholy. The protagonists are shown naked, vulnerable and defenceless. The truth expressed in these constellations comes across unadorned and unvarnished. People fail because of their inadequacies, their lust for power and their egotism. Bahram Hajou is a master of overpainting. He works with acrylic colours and mixed media. Colour is impulsively applied to the rough, untreated canvas. The pictorial statement is created in dialogue with the colour surfaces. The paintings are built up in layers. They are the result of a process.            <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_column_1 et_pb_column et_pb_column_2_5 et-last-child et_block_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough\"><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_0 et_pb_gallery et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_slider et_pb_gallery_fullwidth clearfix et_pb_module\" data-auto-rotate=\"off\" data-auto-rotate-speed=\"\"><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_items et_post_gallery clearfix\" data-per_page=\"4\"><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_item et_pb_gallery_item_0_0\"><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_image landscape\" data-per_page=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bitburgart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bahram-Hajou-Kunst.jpg\" title=\"Bahram-Hajou-Kunst\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/bitburgart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bahram-Hajou-Kunst.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8039\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\" data-icon=\"\" data-icon-tablet=\"\" data-icon-phone=\"\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_item et_pb_gallery_item_0_1\"><div class=\"et_pb_gallery_image landscape\" data-per_page=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bitburgart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bahram-Hajou-Bitburg-Art.jpg\" title=\"Bahram-Hajou-Bitburg-Art\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/bitburgart.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Bahram-Hajou-Bitburg-Art.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8038\" \/><span class=\"et_overlay\" data-icon=\"\" data-icon-tablet=\"\" data-icon-phone=\"\"><\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bahram Hajou &#8211; 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