- Title
- Untitled
- Date Made
- 2013
- Medium
- Bronze
- Dimensions
- Installation: 52 1/2 × 20 × 29 in. (133.35 × 50.8 × 73.66 cm)
a): 22 1/2 × 18 × 14 1/2 in. (57.15 × 45.72 × 36.83 cm)
b): Length: 46 in. (116.84 cm)
c): 17 × 17 × 26 in. (43.18 × 43.18 × 66.04 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2014.42a-c
- Collecting Area
- Art of the Middle East: Contemporary
- Curatorial Notes
Born in Tabriz, Kamran Sharif studied at the Mirak School of Visual Arts in Iran where he began his career as a sculptor, working primarily in bronze to create three-dimensional geometric shapes that demonstrate the artist’s mastery of metalwork technology. Now based in Los Angeles, Sharif addresses his immigration to the United States in this exceptional piece: the geometric-shaped bottom repeats his earlier works and serves as a symbol of Iran while the blinking "Walk/ Don’t Walk" sign alludes to urban life in America, as well as providing a pithy reference to the trials of living in a new country. A thin but strong black cable (perhaps for communication) links top and bottom, joining the symbols of Sharif’s two homes. Its undulating anthropomorphic form recalls the iconic Heech works of Iran’s leading metal sculptor, Parviz Tanavoli, but here Sharif has further animated the piece through the inclusion of the changing lights.
