Boardgames – The Field

Viewers are often implicated in the violence portrayed in Forouhar’s work. In a new series of works titled Boardgames, pawns and dice invite viewers to play games on boards made with digital drawings of figures adorned with weapons. The implication of the viewer is reiterated. R. Heidenhein

Boardgames, 2011 Series of 4 objects, mixed media, digital drawing, digital print on Photo Rag, laser cut on cardboard, wood, all 70 X 70 X 70 cm

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He kills me, He kills me Not II, City Gallery of Neunkirchen, 2013
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He Kills me, He Kills me Not, Verso Artecontemporanea, Turin, 2010
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The Field, 2013 mixed media, digital drawing, digital print on foil, wood, 315X315 cm

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The Fascination of Persia, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, 2013
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