177” x180”x108” (450x 458 x 275cm)
CorTen™ Steel, Earpod wood, Plexiglas®, Concrete, Monkeypod wood, Basalt, Aluminium, Marble, Granite

This sculptural installation is a tribute to the generations of thinkers, artisans, and laborers from which I descend. It features nine sculptures, each composed of two joined triangles, a simple architectural form which connotes stability but also timelessness, as humans around the world have used this geometric form for millennia.

It is a monument that embodies creative, cultural and vocational connections over time and space, paying tribute not only to my Iranian and Norwegian ancestors, but those from past millennia from which all humankind descends.

Materially, the work features the diverse range of elements that our species has used to build and create, both in ancient and modern times: wood, stone, metal and plastic. While these specific materials originated all over the world, several of them were discovered on the property of the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art further connecting the installation to the site it occupied.

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This artwork is part of Sanctuaries, a site-specific installation at the Shangri La Museum of Islamic Art, Culture & Design.
All Images on this page are Courtesy of Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, Honolulu, Hawaii and © 2021 Doris Duke Foundation for Islamic Art, photographer: David Franzen