Elements #16
Artist
Siah Armajani
(American, born Iran, 1939 - 2020)
Date1979-1981
MediumSteel, aluminum, wood, and paint
DimensionsOverall: 68 1/2 × 139 1/4 × 40 1/4 inches (173.99 × 353.7 × 102.21 cm)
Credit LineGift of the artist in honor of Martin and Mildred Friedman
Object numberF98-25/1 A-D
MarkingsMaker's marks: underside of metal bridge section, black magic marker: "12-4049"; inner frame legs (4) of sawhorse supporting wood table/bridge section, black magic marker: "12-4094 E"; inner frame legs (4) of sawhorse supportinng metal bridge section, black magic marker: "12-4049 I"
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DescriptionBridge sculpture comprised of two table-like sections, each supported by one metal sawhorse. One section consists of an L-bent stell frame painted green. The top of the "table" is diamond-plated, lug-patterned, pressed aluminum. Arcs of green painted steel rise upward and span the length of both sides of this "table." These are inset with the same aluminum. The second section is of wood construction and is also painted/stained green. It is inverted with the table top resting on the sawhorse and four legs extending upward.Gallery LabelElements # 16 brings together multiple forms within one work. As a whole, the sculpture is an abstract reference to a bridge (Armajani's most enduring subject) made up of common, everyday forms such as the green, wooden parson's table and two carpenter's saw horses. In Elements # 16 the milled wood and stamped aluminum are utilitarian construction materials. The saw horses serve as supporting structures and recall Armajani's desire for functional sculpture. Both the bridge and the parson's table form that make up Elements # 16 represent objects where people meet and interact in our conflicted and divisive world.
With the artist;
His gift to The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri, 1998.
Copyright© Estate of Siah Armajani / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York
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