Friday, March 23, 2018

Shahryar Nashat "Image is An Orphan" @ David Kordansky


Untitled, 2018
UV printed on Hydrocal, gesso, rubber, and powered-coated steel
42 1/2 x 34 1/8 x 2 inches





Cold Horizontal (GHOST), 2017
synthetic polymer, fiberglass pigment, and powder coated steel
31 1/2 x 70 x 18 1/8 inches





The Dangling Else (LIVE HORNY GUYS!!!), 2018
cotton, magazine clippings, metal, and nylon
25 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 5 inches




Mother on Wheels (Verde Antique),  2018
marble, powder-coated steel, and castor (sic) wheels
34 3/4 x 22 3/4 x 19 inches



Subdued lighting. Death drive. Clenching materiality. Unravel fiber (optics). Tombs and monuments. Umbilicus. 



Broken English, 2018
synthetic polymer, atomized acrylic, and fiberglass
15 1/8 x 12 1/4 x 12 1/8 inches









Image Is an Orphan, 2017
High-definition video, color, sound
TRT: 18:22 minutes



















Synthetically real. Really synthetic. Getting a grip. A light condition. Conditional light. Approaching an unattainable threshold. 

"How will I die?
Who will carry me?
Who will feel my after-effects?
How will image die?"

Acts of power and risk that seek answers to these questions. Individual. Collaborative. 

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