Sarah Bahbah
Collection Debut
Gallery 04
Until 13 February
One of Perth's most popular international artists makes her State Collection debut.
Sarah Bahbah’s female-centric stories told through carefully composed, subtitled image sequences are kinds of self-portraits. They often begin as a conduit for thinking through her own personal experiences, but take on lives of their own through the response of her massive online audience of more than 1-million people.
Sometimes featuring herself, but more commonly models or actors, Bahbah’s work tends to explore emotional and romantic connections and disconnections, sex and gender, anxiety and vulnerability. We meet Bahbah’s characters in frozen moments of crisis, when they’re grappling with romance, heartbreak or existentialism.
“I try to give voice to the things we think but often don’t feel comfortable enough to say.” — Sarah Bahbah, Vogue.com
Originally from Perth (and with Palestinian/Jordanian heritage), Bahbah now works from Los Angeles. In addition to presenting her work in galleries, Bahbah runs the agency Possy through which she has worked with clients such as Sony Music, Gucci and GQ on videos, movies and campaigns.