Walker opens Nairy Baghramian show while adding to Sculpture Garden

September 8, 2017 at 4:49AM
Photo by Timo Ohler "Nairy Baghramian: DÈformation Professionnelle" is co-organized by the Walker Art Center and the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, Belgium.
“Nairy Baghramian: Déformation Professionnelle” is co-organized by the Walker Art Center and the Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst (S.M.A.K.), Ghent, Belgium. (The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Nairy Baghramian: Déformation Professionnelle

Berlin-based artist Baghramian, who relocated from Iran to Germany as a teenager, creates elaborate installations, each responsive to the site where they are placed. Her sculptures dismantle the gestural aspects of the human body, repositioning them in curious ways. With a wide range of materials, she challenges the definition of sculpture. In conjunction with this solo exhibit, her steel sculpture "Privileged Point" (2014), a curved rod of heavy steel that appears to be rubber, will be installed in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden. (Through Feb. 4, Walker Art Center, 725 Vineland Place, Mpls. $9-$14, free for 17 and younger. walkerart.org)

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