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 gameboards_neukirschen_1He kills me, He kills me Not II, City Gallery of Neunkirchen, 2013gameboards_turin_2He Kills me, He Kills me Not, Verso Artecontemporanea, Turin, 2010gameboards_detail2gameboards_detail1gameboards_detail3

Template, digital drawing: gameboard_original_2gameboard_original_4gameboard_original_1

The Field, 2013 mixed media, digital drawing, digital print on foil, wood, 315X315 cm gamefeild_rietbergm_1gamefeild_rietbergm_2gamefeild_rietbergm_3gamefeild_rietbergm_4The Fascination of Persia, Rietberg Museum, Zurich, 2013gamefield_original Template, digital drawing