Nairy Baghramian

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Nairy Baghramian
Born1971 (age 51–52)
Isfahan, Iran
EducationBerlin University of the Arts
MovementModernism, Abstract art, Post-minimalism, Minimalism

Nairy Baghramian (born 1971) is an Iranian-born German visual artist.[1] Since 1984, she has lived and worked in Berlin.[1][2]

When the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum selected Baghramian as a finalist for the 2020 Hugo Boss Prize, they described Baghramian’s statues as: "...[Exploring] the workings of the body, gender, and public and private space."[3]

Biography

Nairy Baghramian was born 1971, in Isfahan, Iran.[1] She relocated to Germany in 1985, as a teenager.[1][4] She attended Berlin University of the Arts (Universität der Künste Berlin).[4]

Work

Baghramian captures fleeting human poses in traditional materials such as marble and steel.[5] Inspired by dance classes she took as a child, Baghramian recalls her teacher speaking of the need to break down human movement into discrete elements.[3][5] Her work depicts abstract forms of bodies or body parts, often contemplating the brokenness or "prosthetic" relationship between the body and its environment.[6][7] In the Guggenheim video, Baghramian explains that sometimes she builds on the idea of "looking at something and feeling pity for it."[3] In addition, her work creates interplay between the work itself and the spaces in which it exists.

For the Berlin Biennial she collaborated with ninety-eight-year-old designer Janette Laverrière to create a set for her furniture design.[8][9]

In 2017, Baghramian's exhibition, Déformation Professionnelle was at display in the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst.[10] This exhibition is culmination of the artist's 18 sets of works from 1999 to 2016.[10] Déformation Professionnelle exhibits the artist's oeuvre while alluding to other existing works in her field. By using sculpture elements and photography in a site-responsive practice she questions the traditional views towards the relationship between the human body's gestures and its functions.[11]

In 2021 it was announced the Baghramian had received the 2022 Nasher Prize presented by the Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas.[12]

Exhibitions

Awards

  • 2022 - Nasher Prize, Dallas Texas;[12]
  • 2020 - Hugo Boss Prize[15]
  • 2016 – Zurich Art Prize, Zurich, Switzerland;[16]
  • 2014 – Arnold-Bode Prize, Kassel, Germany;
  • 2012 – Hector Prize, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany;
  • 2007 – Ernst Schering Foundation Award

References

  1. ^ a b c d Sherwin, Skye (9 December 2009). "Artist of the week 67: Nairy Baghramian". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  2. ^ Hermes, Manfred (May 2007). "Nairy Baghramian". Frieze. No. 107. Archived from the original on 23 February 2013. Retrieved 5 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Guggenheim Museum (5 October 2020). "Nairy Baghramian: Hugo Boss Prize 2020 Nominee". YouTube. Retrieved 10 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ a b Kulturspiegel: das Programm-Magazin (in German). Spiegel-Verlag. 2007. p. 28.
  5. ^ a b "Hugo Boss Prize 2020 Nominee Nairy Baghramian on Her Creative Process". The Guggenheim Museums and Foundation. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  6. ^ Stakemeier, Kerstin. "Kerstin Stakemeier on Nairy Baghramian". www.artforum.com. Retrieved 10 March 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Nairy Baghramian: Ambivalent Abstraction". ocula.com. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  8. ^ Allsop, Laura (2009). "Butcher, Baker... Artist?". Art Review. 37.
  9. ^ Heiser, Jorg (May 2010). "Room to Live". Frieze. No. 131.
  10. ^ a b "Nairy Baghramian .Déformation Professionnelle". smak. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  11. ^ "S.M.K.A." e-flux.
  12. ^ a b "Nairy Baghramian Awarded 2022 Nasher Prize for Sculpture". Art Forum. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
  13. ^ "SFMOMA Announces SOFT POWER — International Contemporary Exhibition Featuring New Commissions and Recent Work by 20 Artists". www.sfmoma.org. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Nairy Baghramian". www.documenta14.de. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  15. ^ Williams, Maxwell (19 November 2019). "Meet the 6 Rising-Star Artists Competing for the Coveted $100,000 Hugo Boss Prize". artnetnews. Retrieved 13 February 2021.
  16. ^ "Nairy Baghramian. Misfits". Fondazione Furla. 2021. Retrieved 1 October 2022.

Further reading

  • Kostas Prapoglu (20 September 2016). "Nairy Baghramian". The Seen.
  • Kevin McGarry (28 January 2013). "Nairy Baghramian at Sculpture Center". T Magazine.
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