Periphery III (artwork)
| Periphery III | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Artist | Sirous Namazi |
| Year | 2012 |
| Medium | Conceptual Installation |
| Movement | Neo-constructivism Contemporalism |
| Preceded by | Periphery II Periphery |
| Leaning Horizontal | |
|---|---|
| Artist | Sirous Namazi |
| Year | 2012 |
| Medium | Installation |
| Movement | Postmodernism |
| Followed by | Leaning Horizontal II |
Periphery III is a conceptual installation by Swedish artist Sirous Namazi.
Artist
Sirous Namazi (born 1970) is a Swedish artist known for his largescale installations.
Early and contemporary life
Namazi moved to Sweden from Iran when he was 10-years-old.[1] He was trained at the Forum Art School in Malmö and, subsequently, the School of Art; also this in Malmö.[2] He lives and works in Stockholm.[3]
Exhibitions
Namazi has exhibited internationally at, for example, the biennale in Venice (2007) and the biennale in Athen (2018); and have held solo exhibitions at Örebro Konsthall (2018), Lunds Konsthall (2007), and Moderna Museet (2003).[3]
Leaning Horizontal
Leaning Horizontal is an installation that was Namazis breakthrough in 2012. It consists of a disevelled ICA Supermarket shelf (filled to the limit with various supermarket goods) leaning towards a wall tilted by an angle of 45 degrees.[4] A successor, on the same basis, is included with Leaning Horizontal II (2018).[5]
Periphery III (architecture)
Periphery III is a balcony with satellite dish mounted high up on a telephone pylon.[1]
Etymology
The work consists of a base in aluminium and wood with corrugated sheet metal and a satellite dish.[6][7]
Interpretation
The work is a sculpture that's resembling a painting in general and a constructivist painting specifically.[8]
Periphery III (art)
Periphery III is a sculpture resembling a painting.[8]
Etymology
The work consists of a light green rectangle and a black circle.[9]
Interpretation
The work is using the symbol of a suburban balcony, with an observation point of the local neighbourhood, to showcase the more distant world in focus coming in through the satellite dish.[10] This can then be used to represent a solution to the isolation of immigrants as they, with the typical satellite dish, could make contact with their homeland.[2] The balcony is wider an image for a place between the private and the public, as it was so an important part of housing projects mid -70s, which by now represents a link to a culture left behind.[2]
Predecessors
Two earlier work with a likely intention, as crafted as a balcony - called simply Periphery II and Periphery - is evident with the former balcony in blue and the latter balcony in yellow. Both hold the satellite dish but are not mounted on a pylon but exhibited in a museum.[6][7][8]
As such, these balconies could be installed next to an apartment and as such would exist in a non-museum environment in a reversed readymade type of way; whereas the third incarnation could be defined as a found artwork if the earlier version of the work is allocated outside a museum.[11]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Konst På Hög". KphKumla. 2012.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Edh, Piia. "PERIPHERI III". Visit Kumla.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Sirous Namazi". Magasin III. 20 September 2023.
- ↑ "Galerie Nordenhake - Sirious Namazi". Galerie Nordenhake. 2012.
- ↑ "Leaning Horizontal II (Athens)". Sirous Namazi.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Periphery". Sirous Namazi. 20 September 2023.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 "Moderna Museet - Periphery". Moderna Museet. 2021.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 "Galerie Nordenhake - Sirious Namazi". Galerie Nordenhake. 2005.
- ↑ "Commissions". Sirous Namazi. 2012.
- ↑ "Moderna Museet - Sirous Namazi". Moderna Museet. 2005.
- ↑ "Odd weeks: Sirous Namazi". Moderna Museet. 2003.
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