Jameel Prize 4 - Shahpour Pouyan

Shahpour Pouyan works with different media including ceramics and metalwork. The decorative nature of his work is inspired by traditional Islamic art but the unclear function of the object allows interpretation of the object from different perspectives. His series of ceramics Unthinkable Thought (2014) shows different forms of domes – architectural structures long used as expressions of power. Pouyan uses traditional Islamic pottery techniques to make his models of a variety of domes from Europe and the Middle East. Some are detailed scaled-down reproductions of specific buildings such as the Pantheon in Rome; others are simpler almost typological and draw on Iran’s rich architectural history, for example the turquoise dome of Isfahan’s famous Shah Mosque.

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