Contact
How to shop
Delivery
Shopping guide
Abbas Akhavan
English
62 b
Up to 30 days for returns
Customers also purchased
Spatial Experience versus Perception Abbas Akhavan (b. Tehran, Iran, 1977; lives and works in Toronto) can be counted among a generation of emerging Canadian artists reflecting on social issues through ephemeral, site-specific works. Akhavan's works - sculptures, installations, drawings, videos, and performances - deal with destruction and exclusion, but also with acts of preservation and restoration. His conceptual objects show a creative process that is not yet complete. In his works, Akhavan refers to nature and the four elements - fire, water, earth, and air. Plants or animals become elementary design components. In the exhibition at Villa Stuck, visitors first encounter a barrier in the form of a thuja hedge, bringing the outdoors inside. Here, the artist has left conspicuous traces of preceding exhibitions: the walls are unrenovated, the air-conditioning is switched off, and previously covered windows have been uncovered. Thus, Akhavan questions the responsibilities of a museum and whether or not common strategies of preservation are actually contemporary. With a preface by Michael Buhrs and Verena Hein and contributions from Burcu Dogramaci, Vassilis Oikonomopoulos, Amy Zion, as well as a discussion between Abbas Akhavan and Verena Hein.
About the book
English
Give this book today
It's easy
1 Add to cart and choose Deliver as present at the checkout 2 We'll send you a voucher 3 The book will arrive at the recipient's addressYou might also be interested in
/
Paperback
19.24
€
/
Hardback
208.91
€
/
Paperback
9.46
€
/
Paperback
8.56
€
/
Paperback
7.65
€
/
Paperback
21.36
€
Hi! I'm Libroamiko, your book advisor.
How can I help you?