Dream
130x50cm
Steel, hand fabricated
130 x 50 x 30 cm
Unique work, a one-off
Interior sculpture
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Delivered and installed in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, Adelaide and Australia-wide. Plinths and bases · Commission a size or finish
About the work
Steel nuts, welded edge to edge, build a calm face and a long, graceful neck, and towards the crown the pattern breaks apart into open lace, as if the dreamer were dissolving into thought. A small steel butterfly settles at the ear.
Emad Dhahir draws on the mythology of ancient Mesopotamia, his own culture, blended with the rituals, dreams and memories of daily life. He borrows from ancient sculpture and from modern masters such as Giacometti, and, like Jaume Plensa, builds his figures from steel nuts and iron.
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At 130 cm on its steel base, it suits a plinth in a living room, reception or foyer, where light can pass through the open crown. A unique, one-off work.
About Emad Dhahir
Contemporary sculptor working with bronze and steel.
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Emad Dhahir combines technical control and artistic vision to capture the human form in steel. The main sources if inspiration for my body of sculptural work comes from the mythology of my own culture.-the ancient Mespotamia which are blended with rituals of my daily life, my dreams and memories. I borrow the beauty from formal and aesthetic qualities of old ancient sculptures as well as the languages and forms of of modern sculpture such as those of Giacometti, transforming them into a new contemporary language,and spicing them with an Iraqi style. Inspired and influenced by Spanish sculptors Manuel Marti Moreno and Juame Plensa who utilise steel nuts and iron in their large scale works.
This style often contains and interprets serious subject matter in form and content which provide to my sculptures different humanistic and aesthetic qualities. While facing these small sized sculptures the viewer should comprehend that they are a creative and playful foundation for bigger sculptural projects waiting to be created for public space.
Additional Emad Dhahir work is available through our sister gallery, SOHO Galleries — view the full collection at https://www.sohogalleries.net/australian-sculptors/emad-dhahir/
