Friday, February 22, 2019
6:30-8pm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Join acclaimed artist Siah Armajani for an intimate conversation about his wide-ranging practice, which has spanned six decades. A shared meal and...
Siah Armajani
b. 1939, Tehran, Iran
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Biography
Siah Armajani (b. 1939 Tehran, Iran) was born in Iran and moved to the United States in 1960 to attend Macalester College in Minnesota, where he continues to live and work. Armajani’s most celebrated public art works are bridges, walkways, and gardens, including the Irene Hixon Whitney Bridge, Minneapolis; the World Financial Center’s promenade (in collaboration with Scott Burton and Cesar Pelli), Battery Park City, NY; Gazebo for Two Anarchists at Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, NY; Floating Poetry Room, Ijborg, Amsterdam; Bridge for Iowa City, University of Iowa; and numerous gardens at Villa Arson Museum, Nice, France. Armajani was commissioned to design the Cauldron for the 1996 Centennial Olympic Celebration in Atlanta.
(as of 2019)
