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Periphery III (artwork)
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Periphery III is a conceptual installation by Swedish artist Sirous Namazi. Artist Sirous Namazi (born 1970) is a Swedish artist known for his largescale installations. Early and contemporary life Namazi moved to Sweden from Iran when he was 10-years-old. He lives and works in Stockholm. Exhibitions Namazi has exhibited internationally at, for example, the biennale in Venice (2007) and the biennale in Athen (2018); and have held solo exhibitions at Örebro Konsthall (2018), Lunds Konsthall (2007), and Moderna Museet (2003). A successor, on the same basis, is included with Leaning Horizontal II (2018). Periphery III (architecture) Periphery III is a balcony with satellite dish mounted high up on a telephone pylon. Etymology The work consists of a base in aluminium and wood with corrugated sheet metal and a satellite dish. Interpretation The work is a sculpture that's resembling a painting in general and a constructivist painting specifically. Periphery III (art) Periphery III is a sculpture resembling a painting. Interpretation The work is using the symbol of a suburban balcony, with an observation point of the local neighbourhood, to showcase the more distant world in focus coming in through the satellite dish. This can then be used to represent a solution to the isolation of immigrants as they, with the typical satellite dish, could make contact with their homeland. 
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