Periphery III (artwork)

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 was trained at the Forum Art School in Malmö and, subsequently, the School of Art; also this in Malmö. 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).

Leaning Horizontal
Leaning Horizontal is an installation that was Namazis breakthrough in 2012. It consists of a disevelled ICA Supermarket shelf (filled to the limit with various supermarket goods) leaning towards a wall tilted by an angle of 45 degrees. 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.

Etymology
The work consists of a light green rectangle and a black circle.

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. The balcony is wider an image for a place between the private and the public, as it was so an important part of housing projects mid -70s, which by now represents a link to a culture left behind.

Predecessors
Two earlier work with a likely intention, as crafted as a balcony - called simply Periphery II and Periphery - is evident with the former balcony in blue and the latter balcony in yellow. Both hold the satellite dish but are not mounted on a pylon but exhibited in a museum.