Sahar Khoury
Untitled (granite charm in caged column)
Lot closes
June 7, 03:29:00 AM GMT
Estimate
18,000 - 20,000 USD
Starting Bid
9,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sahar Khoury
b. 1973
Untitled (granite charm in caged column)
Executed in 2022.
Ceramic, powder coated steel, granite, stainless steel
74 3/4 x 18 1/2 x 15 in. (189.9 x 47 x 38.1 cm)
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Courtesy of the artist and CANADA, New York
Sahar Khoury (b. 1973, Chicago, IL; lives in Oakland, CA) adopts an intuitive and improvisational approach to sculpture, often reanimating cast-off materials that she describes as “rejected, ubiquitous, unwanted.” In this work, a piece of natural granite is suspended inside a cage-like industrial form, creating a playful and off-kilter assemblage that is inviting yet vexing. Trained as an anthropologist, Khoury began her career in an unconventional way, making objects for concerts, theater productions, and protests before receiving a formal art education. Solo exhibitions of her work have been presented by Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. She also participated in the 2024 Gwangju Biennale, and in group exhibitions at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; Berkeley Art Museum, CA; and the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI.