"I am not obsessed with the beauty of instability. I am just taking it as something that is there." - Nairy Baghramian

Nairy Baghramian's work span photography, painting and installation, with sculpture being the primary form of representation. Working on a variety of mediums, her pieces often feature metallic structures that are supporting each other and building on each other, as well as reflections of body postures and internal structures. "Instability” is a recurring theme in her work, with many seemingly thin and slender bracing structures that are close to collapsing, overhanging, tilting and yet dominating the objects in the space. The unstable gestures, both in appearance and in nature, are represented in the pieces on display in this exhibition.

Baghramian was born in Isfahan, Iran, in 1971. She moved with her family to Berlin, due to political and social circumstances in 1984. Her pieces have been on show at major art institutions such as the Nasher Sculpture Centre, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, MUDAM, Luxembourg, Walker Art Center, Art Institute of Chicago, Serpentine Galleries, and have been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, Biennale de Lyon, Documenta Kassel, Berlin Biennale, Skulptur Projekte Münster, and are also in the collections housed by several internationally renowned institutions. In 2022, the artist won the Nasher Prize and was shortlisted for the Hugo Boss Prize and honored with the Zurich Art Prize.

奈瑞・巴格勒米安的創作跨足攝影、繪畫、裝置等，雕塑為主要的形式。作品運用多元媒材組合，經常看見以金屬結構互相支撐、構築的模樣，以及身體姿態和體內結構的隱射。「不穩定」是她反覆討論的主題，雕塑中有許多看似單薄和纖細的支撐結構，近乎崩塌、懸空、傾斜，卻支配展覽空間的物件。從外觀與本質上，不穩定的姿態都在本次展出作品中展現。

1971年出生於伊朗伊斯法罕，1984年因政治因素和社會狀態與家人搬遷至德國柏林。作品曾在納榭雕塑中心、米蘭現代美術館、盧森堡現代美術館、沃克藝術中心、芝加哥藝術中心、倫敦蛇型藝廊等大型藝術機構展出，參與威尼斯雙年展、里昂雙年展、卡塞爾文件展、柏林雙年展、明斯特雕塑展，也被多個國際知名機構珍藏。2022年獲得納什爾雕塑獎，並獲蘇黎世藝術獎及入圍雨果・博斯獎。