Nairy Baghramianentrechambrage horizontale, 2008

brass, aluminum, silicon, painted mdf board

94.5 x 1.97 x 86.6 in

About the artist

explores forms and concepts inherited from the history of art to address issues of functionality, decoration, abstraction, and feminism. Her work offers a reflection on the incessant cycle of aesthetic object production, cultivating an interest in marginalized art forms and spaces that are often considered territory of the “feminine.” With sculptures made from a wide range of materials including steel, silicone, resin, and leather, Baghramian brings art historical references into the realm of the subjective. The artist dismantles the human body and recombines it through the politics of interior design. The result offers a re-reading of the legacy of Minimalism and Surrealism in the shape of protuberances and cavities, lumps and spills, organs and body parts. Instability, also a recurrent theme in Baghramian’s work, becomes evident in the use of tenuous and flimsy supports to hold and display her sculptures: dangling or leaning, always on the brink of collapse. The strength of her practice lies precisely in revisiting the overlooked and the delicate. Using these tropes as a point of departure, her sculptures are aware of their own fragility, while comfortably holding sway over the exhibition space. Nairy Baghramian lives and works in Berlin.

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