Reza Aramesh
Action 701
2025Graphite on Daler Rowney 160g paper
21 x 29.7 cm
Unique
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About the artist
Reza Aramesh was born in Iran and is based in London and New York. His work has been exhibited in the occasion of the 60th Venice Biennale 2024, The Metropolitan Museum of Art Breuer, New York, Akademie der Kunste, Berlin, Sculpture in the City, London and Maxxi Museum, Rome among others. Working in sculpture, drawing, embroidery, ceramics, video and performance in a succession of ‘actions’, Aramesh draws inspiration from media coverage of international conflicts dating from the mid-20th century until present day. This coverage is then transformed into sculptural volumes in collaboration with non-professional models, who help him reenact his chosen source materials. No direct signs of war remain in the physical end results and the characters seem driven out of their initial contexts. Opposition between beauty and brutality allows the artist to unveil the absurdity and the futility of these actions. Aramesh de-contextualises these scenes of violence from their origins, exploring the narratives of representation and iconography of the subjected male body in the context of race, class and sexuality in order to create a critical conversation with the western art historical canon.
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