Sirous Namazi
Sirous Namazi | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 54–55) |
| Alma mater | Forum Art School Malmö School of Art Malmö |
| Known for | Conceptual art Installation art Video art Painting Sculpture |
| Notable work | Sirous Telling Jokes (1996) Leaning Horizontal (2012) Periphery III (2012) Leaning Horizontal II (2018) Container (2019) |
Sirous Namazi (born 1970) is an Iranian born Swedish artist known for his largescale installations.[1]
Early life
[edit]Namazi moved to Sweden from Iran when he was 10-years-old.[2] He was trained at the Forum Art School in Malmö and, subsequently, the School of Art in Malmö.[citation needed]
Work
[edit]Namazi has exhibited at the Venice Biennale in (2007)[3] and the biennale in Athen (2018)[citation needed]. They have held solo exhibitions at Örebro Konsthall (2018)[citation needed], Lunds Konsthall (2007)[citation needed], and Moderna Museet (2003).[4]
His work, Leaning Horizontal is an installation consisting of a dishevelled ICA Supermarket shelf tipped to an angle of 45 degrees.[5][6]
Periphery III is a balcony with satellite dish mounted high up on a telephone pylon.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.[7][8][2][9][10]
Public art
[edit]Namazi created a permanent public artwork, Reconstruction, for the Court of Appeals building in Umeå.[11]
Collections
[edit]Namazi's work is held in the permanent collection of the Moderna Museet,[12] and the Magazin III Museum for Contemporary Art which holds several of his works.[13]
Personal life
[edit]Namazi lives and works in Stockholm.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ Noé, Paola (2007). "Sirous Namazi at Galleria Suzy Shammah". Artforum. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ a b "Konst På Hög". KphKumla. 2012.
- ^ "Welfare-Fare Well: The Nordic Pavilion at the Venice Biennale". E-Flux. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Odd Weeks: Sirous Namazi (press release)". Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ Jones, Ronald (September 2012). "Sirous Namazi". Frieze (149). Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Galerie Nordenhake - Sirious Namazi". Galerie Nordenhake. 2012.
- ^ "Moderna Museet - Sirous Namazi". Moderna Museet. 2005.
- ^ "Odd weeks: Sirous Namazi". Moderna Museet. 2003.
- ^ "Moderna Museet - Periphery". Moderna Museet. 2021.
- ^ "Galerie Nordenhake - Sirious Namazi". Galerie Nordenhake. 2005.
- ^ "Reconstruction". Public Art Agency Sweden. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "New works in Moderna Museet's collection acquired in 2020". Moderna Museet. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Sirous Namazi". Magazin III Museum of Contemporary Art. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Sirous Namazi". Magasin III. 20 September 2023.