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Untitled, 2014
Edition 3 + 1 AP
Steel, acrylic mirror, copper plating
18 x 50 x 18 1⁄2 in
Untitled 2016
Edition 3 + 1AP
Aluminum, metal plating
24 x 25 x 2 in
Untitled, 2015
Edition 3 + 1 AP
Stainless steel, acrylic mirror
28 x 31 x 32 in
Untitled, 2015
Edition 3 + 1 AP
Wood, stainless steel, laquer paint
34 x 35 x 32 in
Khod-e-Man
2016
Edition 3 + 1AP
Bronze, steel, metal plating, wood 18 x 11 x11 in
Untitled, 2016
Edition 1 + 1AP
Archival ink on metal
65 x 40 x 3 in
Untitled, 2016
Edition 1 + 1AP
Archival ink on metal
65 x 40 x 3 in
Untitled, 2015
Edition 3 + 1AP
Archival ink on metal
18 1⁄2 x 30 x 2 in
Untitled, 2015
Edition 3 + 1AP
Archival ink on metal
18 1⁄2 x 30 x 2 in
Labyrinth, 2016
Edition 3 + 1AP
Bronze, wood, steel, metal plating 29 1⁄2 x 24 1⁄2 x 5 in
Untitled, 2015
Edition 3 + 1AP
Interactive video installation 66 x 39 x 3 in
Eternal, 2016
Edition 3 + 1 AP
LED light, stainless steel, mirror, glass, wood, metal plating
14 x 25 1⁄2 x 6 in
I Slept with the Light and Became Pregnant with Love, 2016
Neon, steel box spring, acrylic
Edition 1 + 1AP
73 x 33 1⁄2 x 8 1⁄2 in
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 4, 6 – 8pm
New York, NY
Shirin Gallery NY is pleased to present I Slept with the Light and Became Pregnant with Love, a solo exhibition featuring the work of Angela Larian. Larian works with various mediums, predominantly large-scale and abstract. I Slept with the Light and Became Pregnant with Love exhibits her recent works with neon, metal, and video.
As Linda Komaroff, Curator and Department Head of Art of the Middle East at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, states in the exhibition catalogue: “Mysticism, spiritualism, minimalism, conceptualism, historicism, philosophical aphorisms, and a certain amount of self-referentialism, are all threaded throughout Angela Larian’s art. In combination, these help to activate and energize the familiar, creating something fresh that pulls us between the realm of the seen and the unseen. But what especially attracts me to her work is her use of Persian texts, at times transformed into disentangled words, and her sleek geometrical grids, which often merge with writing.”
Larian’s works are a representation of an inner dialogue; each piece serves as a vessel through which ideas are manifested. She endeavors to create a space for viewers that will allow them to reflect inwardly, and to transcend limits of physical vision. Her recent works focus on the paradigm of God and the divine within our modern culture. For this, she draws inspiration from ancient Avestan, the language of Zoroastrian scripture, and the word “Khoda,” which means not only God, but also literally the self (Khod), who has risen.
“Metaphor is the language of our unconscious. It is a suspension of the conscious mind that releases our subconscious imagination, a coded way of understanding the world. My art finds its language through metaphor, mysticism, poetry and philosophy,” states Larian.
Angela Larian, born in Tehran, Iran, moved to the United States in 1978, at the age of 15. Her extensive oeuvre of work showcases iconic visual language and multidimensional pieces, through various mediums including bronze, concrete, metal, video, neon, print, and found objects. Her large bronze and iron sculptures are included in a number of private collections.
She is based on Los Angeles, California.
