Parviz Tanavoli: Recent Bronzes
Parviz Tanavoli
Mar 16, 2006 – Apr 01, 2006
Man and Standard
11.75 in x 5.9 in
bronze
The vacuum I felt during my studies with regard to Iran's heritage in sculpture was gradually filled from other sources. With the advent of Islam sculpting had ended, but the concept of sculpture endured and infiltrated other three-dimensional objects. These soon became my models and my source of inspiration. If only I could breathe into them the spirit of our time, on the one hand, and, on the other, dispatch my Western sculpture training to oblivion, I would be on the right track. That is how I began building my sculptures, on such objects and the legacy of my heritage.
The multiple layers of the complexity of our time, if impossible to express in words, are the predominant challenge in sculpting. If made right, a single form could equal a thousand words, and a good sculpture could enhance an understanding of enigmas and convert unknowns into knowns.
(detail) Poet and the Cage I
in x in
bronze
A Chair for Poet
28 in x 17.5 in
bronze
Hand in Hand
9.25 in x 7 in
bronze
Hands and Grill I
25 in x 24.5 in
bronze
Hands and Grill II
16 in x 18 in
bronze
Here No One Opens Any Gates II
25 in x 23 in
bronze
Lion II
36 in x 39 in
bronze
Lovers and Cypress Tree
36.5 in x 19 in
bronze
Monument For the Engaged Poet
43 in x 10.75 in
bronze
Oh, Persepolis
70 in x 39.5 in
bronze
Poet and the Cage I
64 in x 14 in
bronze
Poet and the Cage II
11 in x 6 in
bronze
Poet and the Tree of Life
61 in x 14 in
bronze
Reclining Heech (4 of 5)
8 in x 8 in
bronze
Reclining Poet
4 in x 15.5 in
bronze
Standing Figure With Heech II
72.5 in x 11 in
bronze
Standing Heech I (6/9)
in x in
bronze
Standing Poet
32 in x 10 in
bronze
Standing Poet II
42.5 in x 12.5 in
bronze
Standing Poet III
30 in x 11 in
bronze
The Fall of the Bird
5 in x 15.75 in
bronze
The Poet and the Cypress Tree I
12.5 in x 12 in
bronze
The Poet and the Cypress Tree ll
32 in x 9.75 in
bronze
The Wall and Locks II
8.5 in x 6.75 in
bronze
The Wall and the Cypress Tree
4.5 in x 18.5 in
bronze
The Wall and the Poet
5 in x 12 in
bronze
Two Hands (2/6)
8 in x 8.25 in
bronze
Wall and Cypress Trees
39 in x 37.5 in
bronze
Wall and Script
9.1 in x 7.6 in
bronze
Walls and Locks 1
22 in x 35.8 in
bronze
