“Spaces of Possibility with Iranian Diaspora Artist, Afruz Amighi” by Peppa, Center Research Fellow, New York
Most renowned for her seemingly weightless sculptures made of steel, chain, and light, artist Afruz Amighi creates artwork using beautifully ornate Iranian-inspired aesthetics to reimagine connotations of materials and form. The simultaneous ethereal quality and the weight of her materials create a unique celestial and esoteric experience. Always intentionally illuminated, Amighi’s sculptures hang from the ceiling, extend from the walls, and rise from pedestals. In a recent interview she offered wondrous and fluid interpretations in her work, specifically of the forms and materials in her pieces. Structures resembling buildings, missiles, flames, lanterns, bodies, domes, bird cages, windows, arches, curtains, and carpets recur, and she embraces time as a natural process in redefining the meaning of her work