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Sami Bentil

Ghanian

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See no evil, Speak no evil, Hear no evil

49W" x 33L" (124.4cm x 83.3cm)

Acrylic on Board

$5,436

“See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil” unfolds like a solemn chorus of ancestral faces—layered, textured, and quietly resolute. The central trio, rendered in rich earth and metallic tones, sits at the threshold of silence and awareness. Their eyes are narrowed to slits, their lips pressed into calm stillness, their features shaped by a wisdom that feels both ancient and enduring. Around them, countless other visages fade forward and back, forming a cloud of spirits or memories that ripple through the background like whispers carried by time.


Each face, though serene, holds a gravity, a reminder that restraint is not passivity, but a discipline of the soul. To see no evil is to choose clarity over distortion. To hear no evil is to protect one’s inner sanctuary.
To speak no evil is to honor the power of the tongue.


The warm browns, muted golds, and subtle silvers create a mood of quiet reflection, as though the viewer is being invited into a sacred ethic: a way of being grounded in mindfulness, integrity, and conscious choice. The overlapping forms suggest that this wisdom is communal—not the burden of one person, but a shared commitment passed through generations.


In “See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil,” the faces become guardians of inner peace, teaching that goodness is not naïveté, but a steady, intentional posture toward the world. It is a gentle, powerful reminder that what we allow into our senses, and what we release into the world, shapes the moral fabric of our lives.

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